0006115: New test case for empty vs null ReferenceDescription[] in BrowseResult

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0006115	Compliance Test Tool (CTT) Unified Architecture	3 - Feature Request	public	2020-10-02 14:12	2020-10-02 14:13

Reporter	Paul Hunkar	Assigned To	Alexander Allmendinger
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	assigned	Resolution	open

Summary	0006115: New test case for empty vs null ReferenceDescription[] in BrowseResult
Description	The spec is clear that encoders and decoders shall preserve the difference between a null and empty arrays. I've observed that some servers, when returning a BrowseResult with no matches, will return a null ReferenceDescription[] array instead of an empty one. The description for BrowseResult in Part 4, Section 7.3, clearly states that this array shall be empty: The set of references that meet the criteria specified in the BrowseDescription. Empty, if no References met the criteria. The Reference Description type is defined in 7.25. I propose a test case that asserts servers return an empty array and not a null array here.
Additional Information	This clone is to test the browse functionality - the main issue will require other enhancement (thus breaking it into two issues) this should be added to viewbasic - good test case
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-10-02 14:12	Paul Hunkar	New Issue
2020-10-02 14:12	Paul Hunkar	Status	new => assigned
2020-10-02 14:12	Paul Hunkar	Assigned To	=> Alexander Allmendinger
2020-10-02 14:12	Paul Hunkar	Issue generated from: 0006110
2020-10-02 14:13	Paul Hunkar	Note Added: 0013006

Paul Hunkar 2020-10-02 14:13 administrator ~0013006	create a script for the new test case