Github user michaelandrepearce commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/1887#discussion_r170118840 --- Diff: artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/deployers/impl/FileConfigurationParser.java --- @@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ private void parseClusterConnectionConfiguration(final Element e, final Configur private void parseGroupingHandlerConfiguration(final Element node, final Configuration mainConfiguration) { String name = node.getAttribute("name"); String type = getString(node, "type", null, Validators.NOT_NULL_OR_EMPTY); - String address = getString(node, "address", null, Validators.NOT_NULL_OR_EMPTY); + String address = getString(node, "address", "", Validators.NO_CHECK); --- End diff -- why "" for default not Null now you're removing the NOT NULL OR EMPTY check?
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