From d9c7f8ceed1d149310e1dd89d03467d016b6ff68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThatSilentCoder <184309164+ThatSilentCoder@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:34:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] v3_issue_896: trying to see if reverting the return call null
 will make a difference.

---
 .../persist/validation/SupplyChainCredentialValidator.java      | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/SupplyChainCredentialValidator.java b/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/SupplyChainCredentialValidator.java
index 55328796..2e36dc09 100644
--- a/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/SupplyChainCredentialValidator.java
+++ b/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/persist/validation/SupplyChainCredentialValidator.java
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public class SupplyChainCredentialValidator {
         if (node.hasNonNull(fieldName)) {
             return node.findValue(fieldName).textValue();
         }
-        return "";
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**