Updating to not json encode empty objects as [] unless you allow them.

src/Synthesize.php

@@ -275,8 +275,10 @@ public function jsonSerialize(){
 
 		foreach($this as $strKey => $objValue){
 			if($this->options($strKey)->json){
-				if(!is_null($objValue->jsonSerialize()) || $this->options($strKey)->jsonnull){
-					$arrData[$strKey] = $objValue->jsonSerialize();
+				$mixValue = $objValue->jsonSerialize();
+				$mixJSON = json_encode($mixValue);
+				if((!is_null($mixValue) && $mixJSON!='[]') || $this->options($strKey)->jsonnull){
+					$arrData[$strKey] = $mixValue;
 				}
 			}
 		}

src/Synthesizer.php

@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ public function __call($strName, Array $arrArguments){
 	*	@return mixed
 	*/
     public function __get($strProperty){
-		if($this->getSynthesize()->hasProperty($strProperty)){
+		if(property_exists($this, $strProperty)){
+			return $this->{$strProperty};
+		}else if($this->getSynthesize()->hasProperty($strProperty)){
 			return $this->getSynthesize()->asValue($strProperty);
 		}
 

tests/Type/Fixtures/EmptyObjectFixture.php

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Frozensheep\Synthesize\Tests\Type\Fixtures;
+
+use Frozensheep\Synthesize\Synthesizer;
+
+class EmptyObjectFixture implements \JsonSerializable {
+
+	//include the Sythesizer trait
+	use Synthesizer;
+
+	//set the synthesized variables
+	protected $arrSynthesize = array(
+		'int' => array('type' => 'int'),
+		'int1' => array('type' => 'int')
+	);
+}

tests/Type/Fixtures/ObjectFixture.php

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Frozensheep\Synthesize\Tests\Type\Fixtures;
 
 use Frozensheep\Synthesize\Synthesizer;
+use Frozensheep\Synthesize\Tests\Type\Fixtures\EmptyObjectFixture;
 
 class ObjectFixture implements \JsonSerializable {
 
@@ -19,5 +20,6 @@ class ObjectFixture implements \JsonSerializable {
 		'object5' => array('type' => 'object', 'class' => '\DateTime', 'json' => false),
 		'object6' => array('type' => 'object', 'class' => '\DateTime'),
 		'object7' => array('type' => 'object', 'class' => '\DateTime', 'autoinit' => false),
+		'object8' => array('type' => 'object', 'class' => 'Frozensheep\Synthesize\Tests\Type\Fixtures\EmptyObjectFixture')
 	);
 }

tests/Type/SynthesizeOptionTest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Frozensheep\Synthesize\Tests\Type;
+
+use Frozensheep\Synthesize\Type\SynthesizeOption;
+
+class SynthesizeOptionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+
+	protected $objSynthesizeOption;
+
+	protected function setUp(){
+		$this->objSynthesizeOption = new SynthesizeOption();
+	}
+
+	public function testAllowedProperties(){
+		$arrProperties = array_flip($this->objSynthesizeOption->keys());
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('type', $arrProperties);
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('default', $arrProperties);
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('min', $arrProperties);
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('max', $arrProperties);
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('format', $arrProperties);
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('class', $arrProperties);
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('json', $arrProperties);
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('jsonnull', $arrProperties);
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('autoinit', $arrProperties);
+
+		$this->assertEquals(array('type','default','min','max','format','class','json','jsonnull','autoinit'), $this->objSynthesizeOption->keys());
+	}
+}