--- a/src/java.xml/share/classes/com/sun/xml/internal/stream/util/ThreadLocalBufferAllocator.java	Tue Sep 05 13:40:14 2017 +0200
+++ b/src/java.xml/share/classes/com/sun/xml/internal/stream/util/ThreadLocalBufferAllocator.java	Wed Oct 18 13:25:49 2017 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
  * @author Santiago.PericasGeertsen@sun.com
  */
 public class ThreadLocalBufferAllocator {
-   private static ThreadLocal<SoftReference> tlba = new ThreadLocal<>();
+   private static ThreadLocal<SoftReference<BufferAllocator>> tlba = new ThreadLocal<>();
 
    public static BufferAllocator getBufferAllocator() {
         SoftReference<BufferAllocator> bAllocatorRef = tlba.get();
         if (bAllocatorRef == null || bAllocatorRef.get() == null) {
-            bAllocatorRef = new SoftReference(new BufferAllocator());
+            bAllocatorRef = new SoftReference<>(new BufferAllocator());
             tlba.set(bAllocatorRef);
         }