Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/HttpClient.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/HttpClient.java	(revision 9198)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/HttpClient.java	(revision 9200)
@@ -112,5 +112,5 @@
             try {
                 connection.connect();
-                final boolean hasReason = reasonForRequest != null && !"".equalsIgnoreCase(reasonForRequest);
+                final boolean hasReason = reasonForRequest != null && !reasonForRequest.isEmpty();
                 Main.info("{0} {1}{2} -> {3}{4}",
                         requestMethod, url, hasReason ? " (" + reasonForRequest + ")" : "",