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fix: update flattening to produce null instead of empty array #1757

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15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions src/utils/json/flatten.rs
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Expand Up @@ -319,11 +319,14 @@ pub fn generic_flattening(value: &Value) -> Result<Vec<Value>, JsonFlattenError>
.fold(vec![Map::new()], |results, (key, val)| match val {
Value::Array(arr) => {
if arr.is_empty() {
// Insert empty array for this key in all current results
// Generic flattening expands non-empty arrays into scalar rows.
// Keep empty arrays consistent with that representation: they
// contain no concrete value and must not create `List(Null)`
// schema fields.
results
.into_iter()
.map(|mut result| {
result.insert(key.clone(), Value::Array(vec![]));
result.insert(key.clone(), Value::Null);
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Handle empty arrays in recursive array expansion.

This branch handles an empty array only when it is a direct object field. The Value::Array branch at Lines 312-315 still converts Value::Array([]) to zero results. For example, {"a":[[]]} produces no flattened row instead of {"a":null}.

Normalize empty nested array items and add a regression test for this case. Preserve the object-result contract used by src/handlers/http/kinesis.rs Lines 62-115, which deserializes every flattened result as a map.

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In `@src/utils/json/flatten.rs` around lines 322 - 329, Update the recursive
Value::Array expansion branch to normalize empty nested arrays to a single
Value::Null result instead of zero results, so inputs such as {"a":[[]]} flatten
to one object row with a null value. Preserve the map/object result contract
consumed by the Kinesis handler, and add a regression test covering an array
containing an empty array.

result
})
.collect()
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -664,4 +667,12 @@ mod tests {
let expected = vec![json!({"a":{"b":{"e":"a"}}}), json!({"a":{"b":{"e":"b"}}})];
assert_eq!(generic_flattening(&value).unwrap(), expected);
}

#[test]
fn generic_flattening_treats_empty_array_as_unknown_value() {
let value = json!({"a":{"b":{"e":[]}}});
let expected = vec![json!({"a":{"b":{"e":null}}})];

assert_eq!(generic_flattening(&value).unwrap(), expected);
}
}
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