--- a/src/java.management/share/classes/javax/management/remote/JMXConnectorFactory.java	Fri Dec 07 17:11:17 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/java.management/share/classes/javax/management/remote/JMXConnectorFactory.java	Fri Dec 07 11:51:17 2018 -0500
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@
         }
 
         final String pkgs = (String) pkgsObject;
-        if (pkgs.trim().equals(""))
+        if (pkgs.trim().isEmpty())
             return null;
 
         // pkgs may not contain an empty element