refs #3545 updated Mapper to accept the null input provider

qorelanguage · Feb 2, 2020 · a7fe47d · a7fe47d
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commit a7fe47d
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/qlib/Mapper.qm b/qlib/Mapper.qm
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ Mapper mapv(DataMap);
                 "API", opts.input_provider.getName(), self.className());
         }
 
-        if (!input) {
+        if (!exists input) {
             error("\"input_provider\" %y passed to %s::constructor() has an empty record type",
                 input_provider.getName(), self.className());
         }
@@ -888,10 +888,10 @@ Mapper mapv(DataMap);
 
     private:internal *hash<string, AbstractDataField> getFields(string pfx, AbstractDataProviderType type) {
         *hash<string, AbstractDataField> fields = type.getFields();
-        if (!fields) {
+        if (!fields && pfx != "input") {
             error("%s provider provides type %y which cannot be mapped", pfx, type.getName());
         }
-        return fields;
+        return fields ?? {};
     }
 
     private setOutputProvider(hash<auto> opts) {