Allowing for empty or null password

Author: Emmanuel Hugonnet

src/main/java/org/silverpeas/openoffice/Launcher.java

@@ -20,22 +20,24 @@
  */
 package org.silverpeas.openoffice;
 
-import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.MessageDisplayer;
-import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.MessageUtil;
-import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.MsOfficeType;
-import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.OsEnum;
-import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.PasswordManager;
-import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.UrlExtractor;
-import org.silverpeas.openoffice.windows.MsOfficePathFinder;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
 import javax.activation.MimetypesFileTypeMap;
 import javax.swing.UIManager;
 import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
 
+import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.MessageDisplayer;
+import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.MessageUtil;
+import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.MsOfficeType;
+import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.OsEnum;
+import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.PasswordManager;
+import org.silverpeas.openoffice.util.UrlExtractor;
+import org.silverpeas.openoffice.windows.MsOfficePathFinder;
+
 /**
  * @author Emmanuel Hugonnet
  */

src/main/java/org/silverpeas/openoffice/util/PasswordManager.java

@@ -96,7 +96,12 @@ public static String encodePassword(String password) throws UnsupportedEncodingE
    */
   public static AuthenticationInfo extractAuthenticationInfo(String login, String encodedPassword) {
     try {
-      char[] clearPwd = decodePassword(encodedPassword);
+      char[] clearPwd;
+      if (encodedPassword != null && !encodedPassword.isEmpty()) {
+        clearPwd = decodePassword(encodedPassword);
+      } else {
+        clearPwd = new char[0];
+      }
       if (clearPwd.length <= 0) {
         clearPwd = promptForpassword();
       }