From 39395af528982ad04678165c6b691c1cc565391d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vjanakiram <varapathi.janakiram@hyland.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:49:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update the SiteMembership Class

---
 .../src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/SiteMembership.java | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/SiteMembership.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/SiteMembership.java
index 07f1606342..203ac6d087 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/SiteMembership.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/SiteMembership.java
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ import org.alfresco.api.AlfrescoPublicApi;
 import org.alfresco.query.CannedQuerySortDetails;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.site.SiteInfo;
 import org.alfresco.util.Pair;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 
 /**
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ public class SiteMembership extends AbstractSiteMembership
                     "FirstName required building site membership of " + siteInfo.getShortName());
         }
         this.firstName = firstName;
-       // this.lastName =  Optional.of(lastName).orElse("");
-        this.lastName= StringUtils.isBlank(lastName) ? StringUtils.EMPTY : lastName;
+        this.lastName =  Optional.of(lastName).orElse("");
         this.isMemberOfGroup = isMemberOfGroup;
     }