Index: xml-cocoon2/src/org/apache/cocoon/acting/SessionValidatorAction.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/xml-cocoon2/src/org/apache/cocoon/acting/SessionValidatorAction.java,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 SessionValidatorAction.java
--- xml-cocoon2/src/org/apache/cocoon/acting/SessionValidatorAction.java	2001/07/20 13:37:17	1.6
+++ xml-cocoon2/src/org/apache/cocoon/acting/SessionValidatorAction.java	2001/08/14 13:57:34
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
             /*
              * old obsoleted method
              */
-            if (!"".equals (valstr.trim ())) {
+            if (valstr != null && !"".equals (valstr.trim ())) {
                 getLogger ().debug ("SESSIONVALIDATOR: validating parameters "
                         + "as specified via 'validate' parameter");
                 /* get list of params to be validated */