handle empty jobid in constructor

diff --git a/org.glite.jobid.api-java/src/org/glite/jobid/CheckedString.java b/org.glite.jobid.api-java/src/org/glite/jobid/CheckedString.java
index df4755c..da513c5 100644 (file)
--- a/org.glite.jobid.api-java/src/org/glite/jobid/CheckedString.java
+++ b/org.glite.jobid.api-java/src/org/glite/jobid/CheckedString.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class CheckedString {
      */
     public CheckedString(String checkedString) {
         if (checkedString == null) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("checkedString is null");
+           this.checkedString = "";
         }
         
         setCheckedString(checkedString);