[NO ISSUE][RT] Prevent setting AMutableString value to null

- user model changes: no
- storage format changes: no
- interface changes: no

Details:
- An instance of AMutableString can't hold null value.

Change-Id: I8e7b19b190120e64ec78b41f26ef54fce9660e27
Reviewed-on: https://asterix-gerrit.ics.uci.edu/2090
Sonar-Qube: Jenkins <jenkins@fulliautomatix.ics.uci.edu>
Tested-by: Jenkins <jenkins@fulliautomatix.ics.uci.edu>
Contrib: Jenkins <jenkins@fulliautomatix.ics.uci.edu>
Integration-Tests: Jenkins <jenkins@fulliautomatix.ics.uci.edu>
Reviewed-by: Michael Blow <mblow@apache.org>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AMutableString.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AMutableString.java
index 33217cd..b2a4a5e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AMutableString.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AMutableString.java
@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@
 
 public class AMutableString extends AString {
 
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
     public AMutableString(String value) {
         super(value);
     }
 
     public void setValue(String value) {
+        if (value == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException();
+        }
         this.value = value;
     }
 }