A developer creates a custom component. The component dialog includes the following two fields:

The component should display the first "˜X' characters of the text entered in the "˜text' input where "˜X' is the number entered in the "˜charLimit' input. If zero, or no value, is entered in the "˜charLimit' input then the text should be unaltered. The developer creates the following Sling Model to perform the trancation:

A Null Pointer Exception occurs if NO charLimit values is set in the component dialog.
What should the developer do to resolve this issue?