From 1a79af583fd6170cb44ec8ee400acf0d1a4e0a8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Drew Ditthardt <dditthardt@olivinelabs.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:48:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added config option for how to handle empty tables by default

---
 src/output/json.lua | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/output/json.lua b/src/output/json.lua
index 5b5f4a7..c87a29e 100644
--- a/src/output/json.lua
+++ b/src/output/json.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,14 @@ return {
       output = meta.__toView(output, context)
     end
 
-    context.response.send(json.encode(output))
+    local raw
+    if config.encodeEmptyTableAsArray and next(output) == nil then
+      raw = "[]"
+    else
+      raw = json.encode(output)
+    end
+
+    context.response.send(raw)
   end,
 
   options = {