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-rw-r--r--src/rabbit_parameter_validation.erl2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/rabbit_parameter_validation.erl b/src/rabbit_parameter_validation.erl
index 0247643d45..04ddcc13cc 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_parameter_validation.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_parameter_validation.erl
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ list(_Name, Term) when is_list(Term) ->
list(Name, Term) ->
{error, "~s should be list, actually was ~p", [Name, Term]}.
+regex(Name, Empty) when Empty == <<>> orelse Empty == [] ->
+ {error, "~s should be a regular expression but was empty.", [Name]};
regex(Name, Term) ->
case re:compile(Term) of
{ok, _} -> ok;