#4653 if a text field is empty, getText returns null instead of an empty string

diff --git a/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/ui/element/TextWithLabelElement.java b/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/ui/element/TextWithLabelElement.java
index d5f7b310542dc1212a42e43036f53a09078d8417..5d666156c32630211fc70da4ae64f38e54874edf 100644 (file)
--- a/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/ui/element/TextWithLabelElement.java
+++ b/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/ui/element/TextWithLabelElement.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 package eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.ui.element;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
 import org.eclipse.swt.events.KeyAdapter;
 import org.eclipse.swt.events.KeyEvent;
@@ -151,7 +152,11 @@ public class TextWithLabelElement extends AbstractCdmFormElement implements Modi
      * @return a {@link java.lang.String} object.
      */
     public String getText() {
-        return text.getText();
+       if (StringUtils.isBlank(text.getText())){
+               return null;
+       }else{
+               return text.getText();
+       }
     }
 
     /**