From 027d4b35063de1dc2ab4e89d8a2c7832b7ceb371 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Ramon Enslin <joshua@museum-digital.de>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 18:02:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Throw a dedicated exception for fully empty actor
 descriptions in NodaValidationHelper

---
 src/NodaValidationHelper.php | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/NodaValidationHelper.php b/src/NodaValidationHelper.php
index 9a88ba5..9205719 100644
--- a/src/NodaValidationHelper.php
+++ b/src/NodaValidationHelper.php
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ final class NodaValidationHelper {
      */
     public static function validateActorDescription(string $description, array $names = []):void {
 
+        // For nodac, empty actor descriptions are to be allowed. Thus, a
+        // dedicated check for fully empty ones with a dedicated exception
+        // is needed.
+        if (empty($description)) {
+            throw new MDInvalidEmptyInputException("No author name is provided");
+        }
+
         // Throw error on descriptions that are too short
         if (\mb_strlen($description) < 10) {
             throw new MDgenericInvalidInputsException("Author description is too short");