Code Review 6706251: api/java_net/NetworkInterface/index.html#misc: getDisplayName() returned non null but empty String

[Alan Bateman]

Christopher Hegarty - Sun Microsystems Ireland wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> This is a forward port of a fix that you did in JDK6u11 to JDK7. The 
> source changes are trivial and the very same as what went in 6.
>
> The change is for strict conformance of getDisplayName, should return 
> null instead of an empty string.
>
> Webrev:
>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~chegar/6706251/webrev.00/webrev/
>
> -Chris.
Is this really a bug? The spec doesn't prohibit the display name from 
being the empty string. If the empty string is not allowed then the 
javadoc should probably be clarified.

-Alan.