From 30cd79721fc498498f5c2808ccc27ba19c121fe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Ahlborn <jtahlborn@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 01:46:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix writing of property maps without any properties.  fixes
 #144

git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/jackcess/code/jackcess/trunk@1122 f203690c-595d-4dc9-a70b-905162fa7fd2
---
 src/changes/changes.xml                                   | 3 +++
 .../healthmarketscience/jackcess/impl/PropertyMaps.java   | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 53330ef..0134a35 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
       <action dev="jahlborn" type="fix" system="SourceForge2" issue="141">
         Handle more advanced query join constructs.
       </action>
+      <action dev="jahlborn" type="fix" system="SourceForge2" issue="144">
+        Fix writing of property maps without any properties.
+      </action>
     </release>
     <release version="2.1.8" date="2017-06-25">
       <action dev="jahlborn" type="fix" system="SourceForge2" issue="142">
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/impl/PropertyMaps.java b/src/main/java/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/impl/PropertyMaps.java
index 01d4dfd..3a63aba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/impl/PropertyMaps.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/impl/PropertyMaps.java
@@ -213,12 +213,18 @@ public class PropertyMaps implements Iterable<PropertyMapImpl>
         }
       }
 
+      if(propNames.isEmpty()) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
       // write the full set of property names
       writeBlock(null, propNames, PROPERTY_NAME_LIST, bab);
 
       // write all the map values
       for(PropertyMapImpl propMap : maps) {
-        writeBlock(propMap, propNames, propMap.getType(), bab);
+        if(!propMap.isEmpty()) {
+          writeBlock(propMap, propNames, propMap.getType(), bab);
+        }
       }
       
       return bab.toArray();
-- 
2.39.5