From 01215e6125f5d8355d7b1a7508fd18cbd437a283 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew <matthew.murphy@hcl.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 08:39:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix potential nullpointer when checking service url

---
 src/main/java/com/hcl/appscan/sdk/scanners/sast/SAClient.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hcl/appscan/sdk/scanners/sast/SAClient.java b/src/main/java/com/hcl/appscan/sdk/scanners/sast/SAClient.java
index 668a8253..62b0b510 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hcl/appscan/sdk/scanners/sast/SAClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hcl/appscan/sdk/scanners/sast/SAClient.java
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ private List<String> getClientArgs(Map<String, String> properties) {
 		if(Boolean.parseBoolean(properties.getOrDefault(CoreConstants.ACCEPT_INVALID_CERTS, Boolean.toString(false)))) {
 			args.add(OPT_ACCEPTS_SSL);
 		}
-		if(properties.getOrDefault(CoreConstants.SERVER_URL, "").trim() != "") { //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+		if(properties.get(CoreConstants.SERVER_URL) != null && properties.get(CoreConstants.SERVER_URL).trim() != "") { //$NON-NLS-1$
 			args.add("-D" + CoreConstants.BLUEMIX_SERVER + "=" + properties.get(CoreConstants.SERVER_URL)); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 		}