<AWT Dev> RFR: 8252999: Cleanup: replace .equals("") with .isEmpty() within all codebase

[David Holmes]

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 10:40:15 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> @kevinrushforth thanks. Done.
>> 
>> Similar issues:
>> https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8215014
>> https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8251246
>> https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8223237
>> 
>> could be joined somehow?
>
> The code in java.base was updated to use String::isEmpty in JDK 12 (JDK-8215281). There was follow-up in JDK 13 to do
> the same in the java.desktop module (JDK-8223237). Changing the remaining usages make sense although I see that more
> more than half are in tests.  It would be good to hear from security-dev on the changes to the Apache Santuario code
> (in java.xml.crypto module) in case it would be better to contribute those upstream instead. Ditto for the Apache Xalan
> code (in the java.xml module) but it may be significantly forked already that it doesn't matter.  I assume you can use
> JDK-8215014 rather than creating a new issue.

This should be broken up to deal with the files in different functional areas under different bugids and PRs. Otherwise
the cross-posting to so many lists is prohibitive. Files in different areas need to be reviewed by different teams.
Thank you.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/29