Add failing test for #124

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/failing/EmptyListDeser124Test.java

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.failing;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.*;
+
+// for [dataformat-xml#124]
+public class EmptyListDeser124Test extends XmlTestBase
+{
+    public static class TestList {
+        @JsonProperty("list")
+        public List<Object> list;
+    }
+
+    // [dataformat-xml#124]
+    public  void test124() throws Exception {
+        final XmlMapper xmlMapper = new XmlMapper();
+        TestList originalObject = new TestList();
+        originalObject.list = new ArrayList<Object>();
+        String xml = xmlMapper.writeValueAsString(originalObject);
+//System.err.println(xml); // print <TestList><list/>></TestList>
+
+        TestList result = xmlMapper.readValue(xml, TestList.class);
+
+        assertNotNull(result.list);
+        assertEquals(0, result.list.size());
+    }
+}

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/failing/TestUnwrappedDeserIssue86.java

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.failing;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlTestBase;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.annotation.JacksonXmlElementWrapper;
@@ -79,4 +81,6 @@ public void testDeserializeUnwrappedListWhenLocalNameForRootElementAndXmlPropert
         final Issue86 after = mapper.readValue(xml, Issue86.class);
         assertEquals(before, after);
     }
+
+
 }