--- a/src/java.base/windows/classes/sun/nio/fs/WindowsLinkSupport.java	Thu Dec 13 16:14:07 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/java.base/windows/classes/sun/nio/fs/WindowsLinkSupport.java	Thu Dec 13 15:31:05 2018 +0100
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
 
             // remove special prefix
             String target = stripPrefix(new String(name));
-            if (target.length() == 0) {
+            if (target.isEmpty()) {
                 throw new IOException("Symbolic link target is invalid");
             }
             return target;