JSON API version: 20180813 converts empty xml elements to empty string in place of empty JSON Object

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, json, xml
Domain
backend-api-design

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Start by reproducing the reported empty XML element conversion with JSON API versions 20090211 and 20180813, using the code and outputs attached to the issue. Trace the conversion behavior and verify that the newer version produces the expected empty JSON object rather than an empty string.

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Recently, for a requirement I had to move to version:20180813 of JSON API. Earlier I was using version:20090211 of JSON API. For empty xml element, version:20090211 returns empty JSON Object ({}); but version:20180813 returns empty string (""). This change has broke my working application.

Here is chunk of code:
org-json

Output with version: 20090211
version-20090211

Output with version: 20180813
version-20180813

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