Fixed JabRef#1245

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ to [sourceforge feature requests](https://sourceforge.net/p/jabref/features/) by
 - Fixed [#473](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/473): Values in an entry containing symbols like ' are now properly escaped for exporting to the database
 
 - Fixed [#1234](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/1234): NPE when getting information from retrieved DOI
+- Fixed [1245](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/1245): Empty jstyle properties can now be specified as "" 
 
 ### Removed
 - Removed possibility to export entries/databases to an `.sql` file, as the logic cannot easily use the correct escape logic

src/main/java/net/sf/jabref/logic/openoffice/OOBibStyle.java

@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ private void handlePropertiesLine(String line, Map<String, Object> map) {
         if ((index > 0) && (index <= (line.length() - 1))) {
             String propertyName = line.substring(0, index).trim();
             String value = line.substring(index + 1);
-            if ((value.trim().length() > 2) && QUOTED.matcher(value.trim()).matches()) {
+            if ((value.trim().length() > 1) && QUOTED.matcher(value.trim()).matches()) {
                 value = value.trim().substring(1, value.trim().length() - 1);
             }
             Object toSet = value;