From 0613242bb57a30b9079585585f1af2e24a68cab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Katja Luther <k.luther@bgbm.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 09:52:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix #7856: fix NPE

---
 .../eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/preference/PreferencesUtil.java   | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/preference/PreferencesUtil.java b/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/preference/PreferencesUtil.java
index 8d9fef5a8..8f9227504 100644
--- a/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/preference/PreferencesUtil.java
+++ b/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/preference/PreferencesUtil.java
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ public class PreferencesUtil implements IPreferenceKeys {
      *
      **/
     public static void setStringValue(String name, String value) {
-        getPreferenceStore().setValue(prefKey(name), value);
+        if (value != null){
+            getPreferenceStore().setValue(prefKey(name), value);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1366,6 +1368,7 @@ public class PreferencesUtil implements IPreferenceKeys {
     }
     public static void setDisplayStatusInChecklistEditor(String selection) {
         setStringValue(EditorPreferencePredicate.DisplayOfStatus.getKey(), selection);
+
     }
 
     /**
-- 
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