diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java
index 483d1c68dd4972ca5b08be51cc68f555c34dad86..16edf705e805f892936036b81dc0e621e8513003 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public final class String
      * unnecessary since Strings are immutable.
      */
     public String() {
-        this.value = new char[0];
+        this.value = "".value;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -191,8 +191,14 @@ public final class String
         if (offset < 0) {
             throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset);
         }
-        if (count < 0) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(count);
+        if (count <= 0) {
+            if (count < 0) {
+                throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(count);
+            }
+            if (offset <= value.length) {
+                this.value = "".value;
+                return;
+            }
         }
         // Note: offset or count might be near -1>>>1.
         if (offset > value.length - count) {
@@ -233,8 +239,14 @@ public final class String
         if (offset < 0) {
             throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset);
         }
-        if (count < 0) {
-            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(count);
+        if (count <= 0) {
+            if (count < 0) {
+                throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(count);
+            }
+            if (offset <= codePoints.length) {
+                this.value = "".value;
+                return;
+            }
         }
         // Note: offset or count might be near -1>>>1.
         if (offset > codePoints.length - count) {
@@ -782,7 +794,7 @@ public final class String
      * subarray of {@code dst} starting at index {@code dstBegin}
      * and ending at index:
      * <blockquote><pre>
-     *     dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
+     *     dstBegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
      * </pre></blockquote>
      *
      * @param      srcBegin   index of the first character in the string
@@ -827,7 +839,7 @@ public final class String
      * dst} starting at index {@code dstBegin} and ending at index:
      *
      * <blockquote><pre>
-     *     dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
+     *     dstBegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
      * </pre></blockquote>
      *
      * @deprecated  This method does not properly convert characters into