From 4fb3b9cddc3c1d052c6509249011819df1c12f4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rbygrave <robin.bygrave@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:13:45 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] Tidy use of StringHelper replace() in BeanProperty,
 BaseTableDdl

---
 .../main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java  | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
index d96a3d850..8793942b6 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ public class BeanProperty implements ElPropertyValue, Property, STreeProperty {
   }
 
   private String tableAliasIntern(BeanDescriptor<?> descriptor, String s, boolean dbEncrypted, String dbColumn) {
-    if (descriptor != null) {
+    if (s != null && descriptor != null) {
       s = s.replace("${ta}.", "${}");
       s = s.replace("${ta}", "${}");
       if (dbEncrypted) {