From 133c8880d4dcf39fadfedad6c6f25f2293a072f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Faris Ansari <netchamp.faris@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 20:05:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Set unset fields as null in document

---
 model/document.js | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/model/document.js b/model/document.js
index 400a9ea6..8c5816c6 100644
--- a/model/document.js
+++ b/model/document.js
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ module.exports = class BaseDocument extends Observable {
   setValues(data) {
     for (let fieldname in data) {
       let value = data[fieldname];
-      if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      if (fieldname.startsWith('_')) {
+        // private property
+        this[fieldname] = value;
+      } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
         for (let row of value) {
           this.append(fieldname, row);
         }
@@ -32,6 +35,13 @@ module.exports = class BaseDocument extends Observable {
         this[fieldname] = value;
       }
     }
+    // set unset fields as null
+    for (let field of this.meta.getValidFields()) {
+      // check for null or undefined
+      if (this[field.fieldname] == null) {
+        this[field.fieldname] = null;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   get meta() {
@@ -207,7 +217,7 @@ module.exports = class BaseDocument extends Observable {
 
   syncValues(data) {
     this.clearValues();
-    Object.assign(this, data);
+    this.setValues(data);
     this._dirty = false;
     this.trigger('change', {
       doc: this