From c0fd09b4453f6fef7b59dbcd820e33018df63a32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Diva Canto <diva@metaverseink.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 19:41:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid calling HELO service on malformed URLs. This is in
 response to an exception reported by danbanner.

---
 .../Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/HeloServicesConnector.cs  | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/HeloServicesConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/HeloServicesConnector.cs
index 5004d99431..d04cc2297b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/HeloServicesConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/HeloServicesConnector.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors
 
         public virtual string Helo()
         {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(m_ServerURI))
+            {
+                m_log.WarnFormat("[HELO SERVICE]: Unable to invoke HELO due to malformed URL");
+                return String.Empty;
+            }
+
             HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(m_ServerURI);
             // Eventually we need to switch to HEAD
             /* req.Method = "HEAD"; */