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-rw-r--r--lib/jinterface/java_src/com/ericsson/otp/erlang/AbstractNode.java7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/jinterface/java_src/com/ericsson/otp/erlang/AbstractNode.java b/lib/jinterface/java_src/com/ericsson/otp/erlang/AbstractNode.java
index 3ef44b8851..3c15978b52 100644
--- a/lib/jinterface/java_src/com/ericsson/otp/erlang/AbstractNode.java
+++ b/lib/jinterface/java_src/com/ericsson/otp/erlang/AbstractNode.java
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ public class AbstractNode {
final File dotCookieFile = new File(dotCookieFilename);
br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(dotCookieFile));
- defaultCookie = br.readLine().trim();
+ final String line = br.readLine();
+ if (line == null) {
+ defaultCookie = "";
+ } else {
+ defaultCookie = line.trim();
+ }
} catch (final IOException e) {
defaultCookie = "";
} finally {