[SHINDIG-1941] BeanJsonConverter fails with NullPointerException for empty ExtendableBeans

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5.0-update1
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.1
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andreas Kohn
• Created: 17/Oct/13 10:57
• Updated: 12/Nov/13 22:27
• Resolved: 12/Nov/13 22:27

Description

When trying to deserialize an empty JSON object into an ExtendableBean a NullPointerException happens:

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.shindig.protocol.conversion.BeanJsonConverter.convertToClass(BeanJsonConverter.java:274)
	at org.apache.shindig.protocol.conversion.BeanJsonConverter.convertToObject(BeanJsonConverter.java:180)
	at org.apache.shindig.protocol.conversion.BeanJsonConverter.convertToObject(BeanJsonConverter.java:133)
	at org.apache.shindig.protocol.conversion.BeanJsonConverter.convertToObject(BeanJsonConverter.java:127)

See attached patch for test and fix.