From d4591acf2cce992f86de1130dd33fa85c693ac2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: varapathijanakiram
 <172787912+varapathijanakiram@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:31:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update the SiteMembership Class

---
 .../main/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/SiteMembership.java   | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 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 f8c4a68330..6c93cb6aea 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/SiteMembership.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/site/SiteMembership.java
@@ -76,13 +76,8 @@ public class SiteMembership extends AbstractSiteMembership
             throw new java.lang.IllegalArgumentException(
                     "FirstName required building site membership of " + siteInfo.getShortName());
         }
-        if (lastName == null)
-        {
-            throw new java.lang.IllegalArgumentException(
-                    "LastName required building site membership of " + siteInfo.getShortName());
-        }
         this.firstName = firstName;
-        this.lastName = lastName;
+        this.lastName = Optional.ofNullable(lastName).orElse("");
         this.isMemberOfGroup = isMemberOfGroup;
     }