Include={field.2ndLevel} of array of pointers which point to not existing objects returns error.

[dtsymbal]

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Environment Setup

Parse-server running locally: v.2.2.4

Steps to reproduce

• create class Color

curl -X POST "$apiUrl/schemas/Color" -H "X-Parse-Application-Id: $applicationId" -H "X-Parse-Master-Key: $masterKey" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"className": "Color", "fields": {"hex": {"type": "String"}}}'

• create class Circle

curl -X POST "$apiUrl/schemas/Circle" -H "X-Parse-Application-Id: $applicationId" -H "X-Parse-Master-Key: $masterKey" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"className": "Circle", "fields": {"radius": {"type": "Number"}, "color": {"type": "Pointer", "targetClass": "Color"}}}'

• create class ComplexFigure and object with invalid pointer

curl -X POST "$apiUrl/schemas/ComplexFigure" -H "X-Parse-Application-Id: $applicationId" -H "X-Parse-Master-Key: $masterKey" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"className": "ComplexFigure", "fields": {"consistsOf": {"type": "Array"}}}'
curl -X POST "$apiUrl/classes/ComplexFigure" -H "X-Parse-Application-Id: $applicationId" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"consistsOf": [{"__type": "Pointer", "className": "Circle", "objectId": "notExistingId"}]}'

• query

curl -X GET "$apiUrl/classes/ComplexFigure" -H "X-Parse-Application-Id: $applicationId" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -G --data-urlencode "include=consistsOf.color"

{"code":102,"error":"can only include pointer fields"}

Logs/Trace

{"code":102,"error":"can only include pointer fields"}

[dtsymbal]

maybe it somehow connected with #1293