From c141941b0b1363176f994b224e27b70f0d735109 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juan Pablo Tosca Villanueva
 <142103991+jp-tosca@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:33:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Null banner JSON message fix (#10640)

* Null banner JSON message fix

* message change
---
 src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java
index 46bffb4a7f6..d60884bad2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java
@@ -2337,6 +2337,7 @@ public Response addBannerMessage(JsonObject jsonObject) throws WrappedResponse {
 
         BannerMessage toAdd = new BannerMessage();
         try {
+
             String dismissible = jsonObject.getString("dismissibleByUser");
 
             boolean dismissibleByUser = false;
@@ -2367,7 +2368,7 @@ public Response addBannerMessage(JsonObject jsonObject) throws WrappedResponse {
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.warning("Unexpected Exception: " + e.getMessage());
-            return error(Status.BAD_REQUEST, "Add Banner Message unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
+            return error(Status.BAD_REQUEST, "Add Banner Message unexpected exception: invalid or missing JSON object.");
         }
 
     }