Bug 1100 - Invoking an RPC with no input should not throw 500 when expected

[controller.git] / opendaylight / md-sal / sal-rest-connector / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / controller / sal / rest / impl / JsonReader.java

diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-rest-connector/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/rest/impl/JsonReader.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-rest-connector/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/rest/impl/JsonReader.java
index 4d9958ee6b4720b66fe5fc2a286e754630274e20..cdea81f2b79676e1e332d4826df24f93c4a5f5be 100644 (file)
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-rest-connector/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/rest/impl/JsonReader.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-rest-connector/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/rest/impl/JsonReader.java
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ class JsonReader {
         JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
 
         JsonElement rootElement = parser.parse(new InputStreamReader(entityStream));
+        if( rootElement.isJsonNull() )
+        {
+            //no content, so return null to indicate no input
+            return null;
+        }
+
         if (!rootElement.isJsonObject()) {
             throw new UnsupportedFormatException("Root element of Json has to be Object");
         }