From 6902d93cc12c5ca46cf485138bd0b8917c3733e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Di Toro <andrea@androidsx.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 16:12:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] remove empty object

---
 src/editors/object.js | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/editors/object.js b/src/editors/object.js
index cdfae3908..78002451e 100644
--- a/src/editors/object.js
+++ b/src/editors/object.js
@@ -777,6 +777,23 @@ JSONEditor.defaults.editors.object = JSONEditor.AbstractEditor.extend({
       }
     }
 
+    if(this.jsoneditor.options.remove_empty_object || this.options.remove_empty_object) {
+      for(var k in result) {
+        if(result[k] instanceof Object){
+          var keys = Object.keys(result[k])
+          var ignore = this.editors[k].schema.options.remove_empty_object_ignore
+          if(ignore){
+            keys = keys.filter(function(value){
+              return !ignore.includes(value);
+            });
+          }
+          if(!keys.length){
+            delete result[k];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    
     return result;
   },
   refreshValue: function() {