1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/notification/EmailTemplate.java b/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/notification/EmailTemplate.java
index bd56ec608..86c232630 100644
--- a/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/notification/EmailTemplate.java
+++ b/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/notification/EmailTemplate.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class EmailTemplate implements IEmailTemplate {
      *==========================================================*/
 
     /* private variables */
-    private String mTemplateFile = new String();
+    private String mTemplateFile = "";
     private ILogger mLogger = CMS.getLogger();
 
     /* public vaiables */
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class EmailTemplate implements IEmailTemplate {
      * @param templateFile File name of the template including the full path and
      *            file extension
      */
+
     public EmailTemplate(String templatePath) {
         mTemplateFile = templatePath;
     }