Mapping a null byte[] to a null-nested byte[] causes a NullPointerException

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. unit test attached

    mFactory.classMap(A.class, B2.class)
        .field("property", "nested.property")
        .register();
where source property is a null byte[], and "nested" is null

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Excepted result would be nesting object created and null set in nested property
What I see instead is a NPE during mapping

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
v1.4.5, Win 7/64

Please provide any additional information below.

Workaround found: provide a byte[]-to-byte[] converter (uncomment related lines 
in test code to make it succeed)
May somehow be related to issue 162, although is this case there is no filter

Original issue reported on code.google.com by olivier....@gmail.com on 9 Oct 2014 at 9:17

Attachments:

OrikaTest.java

404-not-find / orika

Mapping a null byte[] to a null-nested byte[] causes a NullPointerException #177