CF 2016: serializeJson dies on CFC with null values

Question

When serializing an object with a null or "undefined value" property (at least when it's a date), serializeJson dies trying to format the null date.

'' is not a valid date/time format.

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component displayName="Order" accessors="true" {

property name="orderNumber" type="string"

property name="dateOrdered" type="date"

}

...

var order = new Order();

order.setOrderNumber("12345");

serializeJson(order); // BOOM!

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In the past, null/undefined values would be excluded from the serialization -- and that's exactly what I want.

Is this just the way it is now?! Or is there something else I can do?

BKBK · Answer

It should work. It did when I tested it.

order.cfc

component displayName="Order" accessors="true" {

// Note semicolons!

property name="orderNumber" type="string";

property name="dateOrdered" type="date";

}

test.cfm

order = new order();

order.setOrderNumber("12345");

writeoutput(serializeJson(order));

</cfscript>

When I run the above code in ColdFusion 2016, the result is:

{"orderNumber":"12345"}

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