diff -r 5dff709ae88c -r bcbaed2a6627 emul/src/main/resources/org/apidesign/vm4brwsr/emul/java_lang_String.js
--- a/emul/src/main/resources/org/apidesign/vm4brwsr/emul/java_lang_String.js	Tue Nov 27 22:53:29 2012 +0100
+++ b/emul/src/main/resources/org/apidesign/vm4brwsr/emul/java_lang_String.js	Tue Nov 27 23:01:24 2012 +0100
@@ -399,8 +399,13 @@
 var java_lang_String_serialPersistentFields = 0;
 var java_lang_String_CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER = 0;
 function java_lang_String() {
-  /** the real value of this 'string' we delegate to */
-  this.r = '';
+    if (arguments.length === 0) {
+        /** the real value of this 'string' we delegate to */
+        this.r = '';
+        return this;
+    } else {
+        return new java_lang_String;
+    }
 }
 java_lang_String.prototype = new String;
 java_lang_String.prototype.toString = function() { return this.r; };;