Author: epbernard Date: 2007-02-20 19:00:37 -0500 (Tue, 20 Feb 2007) New Revision: 11227 Modified: branches/Branch_3_2/HibernateExt/validator/src/java/org/hibernate/validator/EmailValidator.java Log: HV-3 Modified: branches/Branch_3_2/HibernateExt/validator/src/java/org/hibernate/validator/EmailValidator.java =================================================================== --- branches/Branch_3_2/HibernateExt/validator/src/java/org/hibernate/validator/EmailValidator.java 2007-02-20 21:32:32 UTC (rev 11226) +++ branches/Branch_3_2/HibernateExt/validator/src/java/org/hibernate/validator/EmailValidator.java 2007-02-21 00:00:37 UTC (rev 11227) @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ if ( value == null ) return true; if ( !( value instanceof String ) ) return false; String string = (String) value; - Matcher m = pattern.matcher( string ); + if ( string.length() == 0 ) return true; + Matcher m = pattern.matcher( string ); return m.matches(); }