Test that a field set to an empty array is different than an empty field.
public function testMarkFieldForDeletion() {
$no_field_data = array(
'_links' => array(
'type' => array(
'href' => url('rest/type/entity_test/entity_test', array(
'absolute' => TRUE,
)),
),
),
);
$no_field_denormalized = $this->serializer
->denormalize($no_field_data, $this->entityClass, $this->format);
$no_field_value = $no_field_denormalized->field_test_text
->getValue();
$empty_field_data = array(
'_links' => array(
'type' => array(
'href' => url('rest/type/entity_test/entity_test', array(
'absolute' => TRUE,
)),
),
),
'field_test_text' => array(),
);
$empty_field_denormalized = $this->serializer
->denormalize($empty_field_data, $this->entityClass, $this->format);
$empty_field_value = $empty_field_denormalized->field_test_text
->getValue();
$this
->assertTrue(!empty($no_field_value) && empty($empty_field_value), 'A field set to an empty array in the data is structured differently than an empty field.');
}