FIX: setting json values to null was throwing a NPE when persisting

ebean-core/src/test/java/org/tests/json/TestJsonNullValues.java

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+package org.tests.json;
+
+import io.ebean.BaseTestCase;
+import io.ebean.DB;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.tests.model.json.EBasicOldValue;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class TestJsonNullValues extends BaseTestCase {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSetToNull() {
+    EBasicOldValue bean = new EBasicOldValue();
+    DB.save(bean);
+    bean = DB.find(EBasicOldValue.class, bean.getId());
+
+    bean.setStringList(null);
+    bean.setStringSet(null);
+    bean.setObjectMap(null);
+    bean.setLongList(null);
+    bean.setLongSet(null);
+    bean.setLongMap(null);
+    bean.setIntList(null);
+    bean.setIntSet(null);
+    bean.setIntMap(null);
+
+    DB.save(bean);
+    bean = DB.find(EBasicOldValue.class, bean.getId());
+
+    assertThat(bean.getStringList()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(bean.getStringSet()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(bean.getObjectMap()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(bean.getLongList()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(bean.getLongSet()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(bean.getLongMap()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(bean.getIntList()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(bean.getIntSet()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(bean.getIntMap()).isEmpty();
+  }
+
+}