diff -r 101b84dce5da -r 2ae294e4518c jdk/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/Segment.java
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/Segment.java	Fri Apr 04 20:32:59 2008 +0400
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/Segment.java	Mon Apr 07 14:53:51 2008 +0400
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         if (array != null) {
             return new String(array, offset, count);
         }
-        return new String();
+        return "";
     }
 
     // --- CharacterIterator methods -------------------------------------