[7u-dev] Request for approval : 8007315 : HttpURLConnection.filterHeaderField method returns null where empty string is expected

[Seán Coffey]

I'm looking to port this fix back from jdk8 to jdk7u. The changes are 
identical.

bug report : http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=8007315
jdk 8 changeset : http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/01b6b0dd2006
jdk8 review thread : 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/net-dev/2013-February/005722.html

regards,
Sean.