Merge pull request #330 from ncats/addNullChecking

add checking for null
ncats · Apr 11, 2024 · ffd3266 · ffd3266
2 parents eb816d5 + 942bedb
commit ffd3266
Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/...le-substances-core/src/main/java/ix/ginas/utils/validation/validators/CodesValidator.java b/...le-substances-core/src/main/java/ix/ginas/utils/validation/validators/CodesValidator.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public void validate(Substance s, Substance objold, ValidatorCallback callback)
                      callback.addMessage(mes);
                 }
 
-                if(!HtmlUtil.isValid(cd.comments)) {
+                if(cd.comments!=null && !cd.comments.isEmpty() && !HtmlUtil.isValid(cd.comments)) {
                      cd.comments=HtmlUtil.clean(cd.comments, "UTF-8");
                      GinasProcessingMessage mes = GinasProcessingMessage
                                 .WARNING_MESSAGE(