--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/rowset/internal/WebRowSetXmlWriter.java	Thu Sep 30 14:49:14 2010 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/rowset/internal/WebRowSetXmlWriter.java	Fri Oct 01 14:36:01 2010 -0400
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
             return null;
         }
         char []charStr = s.toCharArray();
-        String specialStr = new String();
+        String specialStr = "";
 
         for(int i = 0; i < charStr.length; i++) {
             if(charStr[i] == '&') {