Index: /FCKeditor.Java/trunk/java-core/src/main/java/net/fckeditor/FCKeditor.java
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--- /FCKeditor.Java/trunk/java-core/src/main/java/net/fckeditor/FCKeditor.java	(revision 3831)
+++ /FCKeditor.Java/trunk/java-core/src/main/java/net/fckeditor/FCKeditor.java	(revision 3832)
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 	private FCKeditorConfig fckConfig = new FCKeditorConfig();
 	private String instanceName;
-	private String value;
 	private HttpServletRequest request;
 
 	// defaults
+	private String value = Utils.EMPTY_STRING;
 	private String toolbarSet = PropertiesLoader.getEditorToolbarSet();
 	private String width = PropertiesLoader.getEditorWidth();
Index: /FCKeditor.Java/trunk/java-core/src/main/java/net/fckeditor/tool/Utils.java
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--- /FCKeditor.Java/trunk/java-core/src/main/java/net/fckeditor/tool/Utils.java	(revision 3831)
+++ /FCKeditor.Java/trunk/java-core/src/main/java/net/fckeditor/tool/Utils.java	(revision 3832)
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@
 public class Utils {
 
+	/** The empty string {@code ""}. */
+	public static final String EMPTY_STRING = "";
+	
 	/**
 	 * Constructs a set of lower-cased strings from a delimiter-separated