From 4d9c2cc7b072829a610caf63a6e76e447cbd774a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B8rgen=20Stav=20Helgheim?= <jorgen.helgheim@epinova.no>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:44:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes#7: Generating data element inside catalog.xml for CVL
 fields when set to "(not set)".

---
 .../Helpers/PimFieldAdapter.cs                 | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/EpiserverAdapter/Helpers/PimFieldAdapter.cs b/src/EpiserverAdapter/Helpers/PimFieldAdapter.cs
index 8718433..8035305 100644
--- a/src/EpiserverAdapter/Helpers/PimFieldAdapter.cs
+++ b/src/EpiserverAdapter/Helpers/PimFieldAdapter.cs
@@ -84,8 +84,15 @@ public string GetAllowSearch(FieldType fieldType)
         public List<XElement> GetCVLValues(Field field)
         {
             var dataElements = new List<XElement>();
-            if (field == null || field.IsEmpty())
+            if (field == null)
+               return dataElements;
+
+            if (field.IsEmpty())
+            {
+                XElement dataElement = GetEmptyCvlDataElement(_config.ChannelDefaultLanguage);
+                dataElements.Add(dataElement);
                 return dataElements;
+            }
 
             CVL cvl = CVLs.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Id.Equals(field.FieldType.CVLId));
             if (cvl == null)
@@ -296,6 +303,15 @@ private XElement GetCvlDataElement(Field field, CultureInfo language)
             return dataElement;
         }
 
+        private XElement GetEmptyCvlDataElement(CultureInfo language)
+        {
+            var dataElement = new XElement("Data",
+                new XAttribute("language", language.Name.ToLower()),
+                new XAttribute("value", ""));
+
+            return dataElement;
+        }
+
         private string GetCvlFieldValue(Field field, CultureInfo language)
         {
             if (FieldIsExcludedCatalogEntryMarkets(field))