Limit types that get converted to null for empty/null input in NullableConverter

Author: oroztocil

src/Components/Endpoints/src/FormMapping/Converters/NullableConverter.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public bool CanConvertSingleValue() => _nonNullableConverter is ISingleValueConv
 
     public bool TryConvertValue(ref FormDataReader reader, string value, out T? result)
     {
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value) && IsSupportedUnderlyingType(typeof(T)))
         {
             // Form post sends empty string for a form field that does not have a value,
             // in case of nullable value types, that should be treated as null and
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public bool TryConvertValue(ref FormDataReader reader, string value, out T? resu
     [RequiresUnreferencedCode(FormMappingHelpers.RequiresUnreferencedCodeMessage)]
     internal override bool TryRead(ref FormDataReader reader, Type type, FormDataMapperOptions options, out T? result, out bool found)
     {
-        // Donot call non-nullable converter's TryRead method, it will fail to parse empty
+        // Do not call non-nullable converter's TryRead method, it will fail to parse empty
         // string. Call the TryConvertValue method above (similar to ParsableConverter) so
         // that it can handle the empty string correctly
         found = reader.TryGetValue(out var value);
@@ -55,4 +55,14 @@ internal override bool TryRead(ref FormDataReader reader, Type type, FormDataMap
             return TryConvertValue(ref reader, value!, out result!);
         }
     }
+
+    private static bool IsSupportedUnderlyingType(Type type)
+    {
+        return Type.GetTypeCode(type) != TypeCode.Object || IsSupportedUnderlyingObjectType(type);
+    }
+
+    private static bool IsSupportedUnderlyingObjectType(Type type)
+    {
+        return type == typeof(DateOnly) || type == typeof(TimeOnly) || type == typeof(DateTimeOffset);
+    }
 }

src/Components/Endpoints/test/FormMapping/Converters/NullableConverterTests.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Globalization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Endpoints.FormMapping;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
@@ -147,4 +148,94 @@ public void TryRead_ForDateOnlyReturnsFalseWithNullForBadDateValue()
         Assert.False(returnValue);
         Assert.Null(result);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TryConvertValue_ForCustomParsableStruct_UsesParsableImplementation_ForEmptyString()
+    {
+        var culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
+
+        var nullableConverter = new NullableConverter<ParsableTestStruct>(new ParsableConverter<ParsableTestStruct>());
+        var reader = new FormDataReader(default, culture, default);
+
+        var returnValue = nullableConverter.TryConvertValue(ref reader, string.Empty, out var result);
+
+        Assert.True(returnValue);
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        Assert.True(result.Value.WasEmptyOrNull);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TryConvertValue_ForCustomParsableStruct_UsesParsableImplementation_ForNull()
+    {
+        var culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
+
+        var nullableConverter = new NullableConverter<ParsableTestStruct>(new ParsableConverter<ParsableTestStruct>());
+        var reader = new FormDataReader(default, culture, default);
+
+        var returnValue = nullableConverter.TryConvertValue(ref reader, null, out var result);
+
+        Assert.True(returnValue);
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        Assert.True(result.Value.WasEmptyOrNull);
+    }
+
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TryConvertValue_ForCustomParsableStruct_UsesParsableImplementation_ForGoodValue()
+    {
+        var culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
+
+        var nullableConverter = new NullableConverter<ParsableTestStruct>(new ParsableConverter<ParsableTestStruct>());
+        var reader = new FormDataReader(default, culture, default)
+        {
+            ErrorHandler = (_, __, ___) => { }
+        };
+
+        var returnValue = nullableConverter.TryConvertValue(ref reader, "good value", out var result);
+
+        Assert.True(returnValue);
+        Assert.False(result.Value.WasEmptyOrNull);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TryConvertValue_ForCustomParsableStruct_UsesParsableImplementation_ForBadValue()
+    {
+        var culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
+
+        var nullableConverter = new NullableConverter<ParsableTestStruct>(new ParsableConverter<ParsableTestStruct>());
+        var reader = new FormDataReader(default, culture, default)
+        {
+            ErrorHandler = (_, __, ___) => { }
+        };
+
+        var returnValue = nullableConverter.TryConvertValue(ref reader, "bad value", out var result);
+
+        Assert.False(returnValue);
+    }
+
+    private struct ParsableTestStruct : IParsable<ParsableTestStruct>
+    {
+        public bool WasEmptyOrNull { get; set; }
+
+        public static ParsableTestStruct Parse(string s, IFormatProvider provider) => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+        public static bool TryParse([NotNullWhen(true)] string s, IFormatProvider provider, [MaybeNullWhen(false)] out ParsableTestStruct result)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
+            {
+                result = new ParsableTestStruct { WasEmptyOrNull = true };
+                return true;
+            }
+            else if (s == "good value")
+            {
+                result = new ParsableTestStruct { WasEmptyOrNull = false };
+                return true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                result = new();
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }