scijava
diff --git a/‎src/main/java/org/scijava/convert/FileListConverters.java‎
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diff --git a/‎src/test/java/org/scijava/convert/FileListConverterTest.java‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 0 deletions b/‎src/test/java/org/scijava/convert/FileListConverterTest.java‎
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@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ public <T> T convert(final Object src, final Class<T> dest) {
 			final String[] tokens = StringUtils.splitUnquoted((String) src, ",");
 			final List<File> fileList = new ArrayList<>();
 			for (final String filePath : tokens) {
+				if ( filePath.isEmpty() )
+					continue;
 				fileList.add(new File(filePath.replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "")));
 			}
 			return (T) fileList.toArray(new File[fileList.size()]);
 
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public void testStringToFileArrayConverter() {
 				conv.convert(path, File[].class)[0]);
 		assertEquals("Wrong file name", new File("C:\\temp"),
 				conv.convert(path, File[].class)[1]);
+		assertEquals( 0, conv.convert( "", File[].class ).length );
 	}
 
 	@Test