Fixed serialization of unknown properties

src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/serialization/ElementMapper.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidTypeIdException;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.JsonNodeType;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.TextNode;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.AccessType;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.Element;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.discovery.Discovery;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.discovery.knowledge.Knowledge;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ModelElement;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.properties.Property;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.TypeMapper;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.Type;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -207,24 +209,26 @@ public abstract class ElementMapper {
 		ArrayNode arrayNode = (ArrayNode) objectNode.get(ModelElement.SUPERTYPES_PROPERTY);
 		
 		String candidatedSupertype = null;
-		for(int i = 0; i < arrayNode.size(); i++) {
+		if(arrayNode!=null) {
-			String superType = arrayNode.get(i).asText();
+			for(int i = 0; i < arrayNode.size(); i++) {
-			if(knownTypes.containsKey(superType)) {
+				String superType = arrayNode.get(i).asText();
-				candidatedSupertype = superType;
+				if(knownTypes.containsKey(superType)) {
-				try {
+					candidatedSupertype = superType;
-					// Checking if it is one of the base type. In some cases we need to use dummy 
+					try {
-					// implementation
+						// Checking if it is one of the base type. In some cases we need to use dummy 
-					AccessType accessType = AccessType.getAccessType(superType);
+						// implementation
-					// It is one of the BaseType. 
+						AccessType accessType = AccessType.getAccessType(superType);
-					// Looking if we need to set the dummy implementation class
+						// It is one of the BaseType. 
-					if(accessType.getDummyImplementationClass()!=null) {
+						// Looking if we need to set the dummy implementation class
-						// This should not happen because the type has been assigned already to the dummy class.
+						if(accessType.getDummyImplementationClass()!=null) {
-						candidatedSupertype = accessType.getDummyImplementationClass().getSimpleName();
+							// This should not happen because the type has been assigned already to the dummy class.
+							candidatedSupertype = accessType.getDummyImplementationClass().getSimpleName();
+						}
+					} catch(Exception ex) {
+						// can continue discovery
 					}
-				} catch(Exception ex) {
+					break;
-					// can continue discovery
 				}
-				break;
 			}
 		}
 			
@@ -243,7 +247,17 @@ public abstract class ElementMapper {
 	}
 	
 	protected static JsonNode analizeTypes(ObjectNode objectNode) {
-		String cls = objectNode.get(Element.TYPE_PROPERTY).asText();
+		String cls = null;
+		
+		JsonNode typeJN = objectNode.get(Element.TYPE_PROPERTY);
+		if(typeJN !=null) {
+			cls = objectNode.get(Element.TYPE_PROPERTY).asText();
+		}
+		
+		if(cls==null && objectNode.getNodeType()==JsonNodeType.OBJECT) {
+			cls = Property.NAME;
+		}
+		
 		if(!knownTypes.containsKey(cls)) {
 			objectNode = setTypeToBestAvailable(objectNode);
 		}
@@ -267,7 +281,7 @@ public abstract class ElementMapper {
 		}
 		return objectNode;
 	}
-	
+
 	protected static ArrayNode analizeTypes(ArrayNode arrayNode) {
 		ArrayNode ret = mapper.createArrayNode();
 		

src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/utils/UUIDUtility.java

@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ public class UUIDUtility {
 	}
 	
 	public static String getUUIDAsString(JsonNode jsonNode){
-		return getUUID(jsonNode).toString();
+		UUID uuid = getUUID(jsonNode);
+		if(uuid!=null) {
+			return uuid.toString();
+		}
+		return null;
 	}
 	
 	public static String getUUIDAsString(String json) throws JsonProcessingException, IOException{