Prevent NPE reading component instance properties

Signed-off-by: MichaelMorris <michael.morris@est.tech>
Issue-ID: SDC-4530
Change-Id: If7afa572fe8b0a3a8bfc39815c6c561d6b8f3092

diff --git a/catalog-model/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/model/ComponentInstance.java b/catalog-model/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/model/ComponentInstance.java
index d11f1ff..8585bc4 100644 (file)
--- a/catalog-model/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/model/ComponentInstance.java
+++ b/catalog-model/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/model/ComponentInstance.java
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ public class ComponentInstance extends ComponentInstanceDataDefinition implement
         }
         this.interfaces.put(interfaceName, interfaceDefinition);
     }
+    
+    public List<PropertyDefinition> getProperties() {
+        return properties == null ? Collections.emptyList() : properties; 
+    }
 
     //supportability log method return map of component metadata teddy.h
     public Map<String, String> getComponentMetadataForSupportLog() {