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Fixed in 2019.2.X

Fixed in 2019.1.X

Votes

1

Found in

2017.1.0f3

Issue ID

942547

Regression

No

JsonUtility.ToJson() modifies its input parameters

Serialization

-

To reproduce:

1. Open the project, attached by the user (ToJsonTest.zip)
2. Open Test Runner
3. Run all EditMode tests
4. Observe that ToJson fails, because null was expected
5. (Optional) Observe the ToJsonTest.cs script

Expected: JsonUtility.ToJson doesn't modify its parameter and if a member of a class is null, it serializes it as null

Reproduced in 5.5.4p2, 5.6.3f1, 2017.1.0f3, 2017.1.0p4, 2017.2.0b7, 2017.3.0a4

  1. Resolution Note (fix version 2019.2):

    The behaviour where ToJson() was causing the null-valued field to no longer be null after the call has been fixed.

    However, the output of ToJson() has not been changed - null-valued fields will still have dummy instances written for them in the output. Changing this behaviour now would break things, and would be inconsistent with how Unity serialization works in general. We'll consider the scenario as part of future feature development in the area.

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