GH-14: Support null/empty attribute values

lib/attribute.js

@@ -88,11 +88,9 @@ Attribute.prototype.toBer = function(ber) {
 
   ber.startSequence();
   ber.writeString(this.type);
-  if (this.vals && this.vals.length) {
-    ber.startSequence(Protocol.LBER_SET);
-    ber.writeStringArray(this.vals);
-    ber.endSequence();
-  }
+  ber.startSequence(Protocol.LBER_SET);
+  ber.writeStringArray(this.vals && this.vals.length ? this.vals : []);
+  ber.endSequence();
   ber.endSequence();
 
   return ber;

lib/messages/search_entry.js

@@ -43,7 +43,15 @@ function SearchEntry(options) {
       dn: self.dn.toString()
     };
     self.attributes.forEach(function(a) {
-      obj[a.type] = a.vals.length > 1 ? a.vals.slice() : a.vals[0];
+      if (a.vals && a.vals.length) {
+        if (a.vals.length > 1) {
+          obj[a.type] = a.vals.slice();
+        } else {
+          obj[a.type] = a.vals[0];
+        }
+      } else {
+        obj[a.type] = [];
+      }
     });
     return obj;
   });

lib/server.js

@@ -241,7 +241,9 @@ function Server(options) {
 
   EventEmitter.call(this, options);
 
-  this.log = options.log4js.getLogger('Server');
+  this.log4js = options.log4js;
+  this.log = this.log4js.getLogger('Server');
+
   var log = this.log;
 
   function setupConnection(c) {

package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "name": "ldapjs",
   "homepage": "http://ldapjs.org",
   "description": "LDAP client and server APIs",
-  "version": "0.1.8",
+  "version": "0.1.9",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/mcavage/node-ldapjs.git"

tst/client.test.js

@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ test('setup', function(t) {
     return next();
   });
 
+  server.search('dc=empty', function(req, res, next) {
+    res.send({
+      dn: 'dc=empty',
+      attributes: {
+        member: [],
+        'member;range=0-1': ['cn=user1, dc=empty','cn=user2, dc=empty']
+      }
+    });
+    res.end();
+    return next();
+  });
+
   server.unbind(function(req, res, next) {
     res.end();
     return next();
@@ -381,6 +393,34 @@ test('search referral', function(t) {
 });
 
 
+test('search empty attribute', function(t) {
+  client.search('dc=empty', '(objectclass=*)', function(err, res) {
+    t.ifError(err);
+    t.ok(res);
+    var gotEntry = 0;
+    res.on('searchEntry', function(entry) {
+      var obj = entry.toObject();
+      t.equal('dc=empty', obj.dn);
+      t.ok(obj.member);
+      t.equal(obj.member.length, 0);
+      t.ok(obj['member;range=0-1']);
+      t.ok(obj['member;range=0-1'].length);
+      gotEntry++;
+    });
+    res.on('error', function(err) {
+      t.fail(err);
+    });
+    res.on('end', function(res) {
+      t.ok(res);
+      t.ok(res instanceof ldap.SearchResponse);
+      t.equal(res.status, 0);
+      t.equal(gotEntry, 1);
+      t.end();
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+
 test('shutdown', function(t) {
   client.unbind(function() {
     server.on('close', function() {