Throw an exception if soapEndPoint is empty. Refs #8719.

mantidproject · Jan 23, 2014 · 8b241f1 · 8b241f1
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diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/ICat/src/ICat4/ICat4Catalog.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/ICat/src/ICat4/ICat4Catalog.cpp
@@ -898,6 +898,10 @@ namespace Mantid
      */
     void ICat4Catalog::setICATProxySettings(ICat4::ICATPortBindingProxy& icat)
     {
+      // The soapEndPoint is only set when the user logs into the catalog.
+      // Instead, Inform the user that they need to log into the catalog as no soapEndPoint is set.
+      if (ICat::Session::Instance().getSoapEndPoint().empty())
+        throw std::runtime_error("Session ID cannot be null or empty. Please log into the catalog.");
       // Set the soap-endpoint of the catalog we want to use.
       icat.soap_endpoint = ICat::Session::Instance().getSoapEndPoint().c_str();
       // Sets SSL authentication scheme