From ef9df53e91e7f54f7d8840ef1a50bf9ba871742b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Greer <59664356+Lexington120@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 20:16:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] nil being mapped to null - attributes still being removed
 however

---
 src/wsdl/index.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/wsdl/index.ts b/src/wsdl/index.ts
index 2fe42b193..37407c71b 100644
--- a/src/wsdl/index.ts
+++ b/src/wsdl/index.ts
@@ -359,9 +359,12 @@ export class WSDL {
       }
 
       if (cur.nil === true) {
-        if (this.options.handleNilAsNull) {
+        // if (this.options.handleNilAsNull) {
+        if (true) {
           obj = null;
+          console.log('null value handled')
         } else {
+          console.log('null value not handled')
           return;
         }
       }

From a3e095ea06538162a4c0a4842f64ca8c3919beba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Greer <59664356+Lexington120@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 15:00:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] nil attributes preserved - not recorded elements removed
 - conversion works as desired

---
 src/wsdl/index.ts | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wsdl/index.ts b/src/wsdl/index.ts
index 37407c71b..b58e50a67 100644
--- a/src/wsdl/index.ts
+++ b/src/wsdl/index.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ export class WSDL {
     return saxStream;
   }
 
+
+
+
+
+
   public xmlToObject(xml, callback?) {
     const p: any = typeof callback === 'function' ? {} : sax.parser(true, null);
     let objectName = null;
@@ -351,28 +356,32 @@ export class WSDL {
       const topObject = top.object;
       const topSchema = top.schema;
       const name = splitQName(nsName).name;
-
+    
       if (typeof cur.schema === 'string' && (cur.schema === 'string' || cur.schema.split(':')[1] === 'string')) {
         if (typeof obj === 'object' && Object.keys(obj).length === 0) {
           obj = cur.object = (this.options.preserveWhitespace ? cur.text || '' : '');
         }
       }
-
+    
+      // Handle nil attribute properly while preserving other attributes
       if (cur.nil === true) {
-        // if (this.options.handleNilAsNull) {
-        if (true) {
-          obj = null;
-          console.log('null value handled')
+        // Check for NV == 7701003 attribute and skip handling if match is found
+        const attributes = obj[this.options.attributesKey];
+        if (attributes && attributes.NV === '7701003') {
+          return; // Skip further processing of this element
+        }
+        
+        // Store null value in the valueKey instead of replacing the entire object
+        if (attributes) {
+          // Keep attributes, no other changes
         } else {
-          console.log('null value not handled')
-          return;
+          // If there are no attributes, set the object to null
+          obj = null;
         }
-      }
-
-      if (_.isPlainObject(obj) && !Object.keys(obj).length) {
+      } else if (_.isPlainObject(obj) && !Object.keys(obj).length) {
         obj = null;
       }
-
+    
       if (topSchema && topSchema[name + '[]']) {
         if (!topObject[name]) {
           topObject[name] = [];
@@ -386,7 +395,7 @@ export class WSDL {
       } else {
         topObject[name] = obj;
       }
-
+    
       if (cur.id) {
         refs[cur.id].obj = obj;
       }