Initialize the properties to avoid any NPE

git-svn-id: http://svn.us.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany@934332 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/node-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/NodeFactory.java b/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/node-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/NodeFactory.java
index d7b487a688..a44eecc52c 100644
--- a/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/node-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/NodeFactory.java
+++ b/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/node-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/NodeFactory.java
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public abstract class NodeFactory extends DefaultNodeConfigurationFactory {
         return nodeFactory;
     }
     
-    protected Properties properties;
+    protected Properties properties = new Properties();
 
     public static NodeFactory newInstance(Properties properties) {
         NodeFactory nodeFactory = null;