"Error: No value defined" returned when setting empty string ("") as a value to a property of type string

[jim-bcom]

HOW TO REPRODUCE

Take a property of type string, and set its value to "" in the XML configuration file

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR

The component class attribute backing the property contains "".

OBSERVED BEHAVIOR

The following error message appears:

<properties><configure component="<cmpt name>"><property name="stringProperty" error="No value defined">

[stefled]

It's not a bug, but it could be a new feature to allow empty string parameter property.

and it's only for string, not for integer, long, float or double values...