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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?
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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
<cfscript>
order = new order();
order.setOrderNumber("12345");
writeoutput(serializeJson(order));
</cfscript>
When I run the above code in ColdFusion 2016, the result is:
{"orderNumber":"12345"}