Fix #83

pom.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-dataformat-CSV</name>
-  <version>2.6.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <description>Support for reading and writing CSV-encoded data via Jackson
 abstractions.
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ abstractions.
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
-    <jackson.version.annotations>2.6.0-rc4</jackson.version.annotations>
-    <jackson.version.core>2.6.0-rc4</jackson.version.core>
+    <jackson.version.annotations>2.6.0</jackson.version.annotations>
+    <jackson.version.core>2.6.0</jackson.version.core>
     <!-- Generate PackageVersion.java into this directory. -->
     <packageVersion.dir>com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/csv</packageVersion.dir>
     <packageVersion.package>${project.groupId}.csv</packageVersion.package>

release-notes/CREDITS

@@ -41,4 +41,7 @@ David Navas (davidnavas@github)
 * Contributed #75: Support escapes at beginning of the file
  (2.5.3)
 
+sothmann@github)
 
+* Reported #83: Serializing List with null values leads to corrupt CSV
+ (2.6.0)

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Project: jackson-dataformat-csv
 #72: Recognize the configured "null value" (String) also in reader-infrastructure.
  (requested by flappingeagle@github)
 #74: Problems with ordering, `@JsonPropertyOrder` losing alphabetic ordering
+#83: Serializing List with null values leads to corrupt CSV
+ (reported by sothmann@github)
 - Removed type `CsvObjectReader`, sub-classing not needed at this point,
   just complicates handling (for now)
 

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/csv/CsvGenerator.java

@@ -641,10 +641,13 @@ public void writeBoolean(boolean state) throws IOException
     public void writeNull() throws IOException
     {
         _verifyValueWrite("write null value");
+
         if (!_skipValue) {
             if (_arraySeparator >= 0) {
                 _addToArray(_schema.getNullValueOrEmpty());
-            } else if (_writeContext.inRoot()) { // as per [#69]
+            } else if (!_writeContext.inObject()) { // as per [#69]
+                // note: 'root' not enough, for case of wrap-as array, or serialize List
+
                 // or, to write 'empty Object' (for common case), would
                 // write single null, then finish row, like so:
                 /*

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/csv/deser/NullReadTest.java

@@ -1,12 +1,53 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.csv.deser;
 
+import java.util.*;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.csv.*;
 
 public class NullReadTest extends ModuleTestBase
 {
     final CsvMapper MAPPER = mapperForCsv();
 
+    @JsonPropertyOrder({ "prop1", "prop2", "prop3" })
+    static class Pojo83 {
+        public String prop1;
+        public String prop2;
+        public int prop3;
+
+        protected Pojo83() { }
+        public Pojo83(String a, String b, int c) {
+            prop1 = a;
+            prop2 = b;
+            prop3 = c;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+    /**********************************************************************
+    /* Test methods
+    /**********************************************************************
+     */
+
+    public void testNullIssue83() throws Exception
+    {
+        CsvMapper mapper = new CsvMapper();
+        CsvSchema schema = mapper.schemaFor(Pojo83.class);
+        final ObjectWriter writer = mapper.writer(schema);
+
+        List<Pojo83> list = Arrays.asList(
+                new Pojo83("foo", "bar", 123),
+                null,
+                new Pojo83("test", "abc", 42));
+
+        String expectedCsv = "foo,bar,123\ntest,abc,42\n";
+        String actualCsv = writer.writeValueAsString(list);
+
+System.err.println("CSV:["+actualCsv+"]");        
+        assertEquals(expectedCsv, actualCsv);
+    }
+
     // For [dataformat-csv#72]: recognize "null value" for reading too
     public void testReadNullValue72() throws Exception
     {