From 6ab4d4d090448d5f8e2d84165bf1ba0b51d90653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Dorin <ndorin@pepperdash.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:52:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] #658 Initializes config properties in constructor(s)

---
 .../PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/BasicConfig.cs     | 10 ++++++++++
 .../Config/Essentials/EssentialsConfig.cs              |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/BasicConfig.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/BasicConfig.cs
index dfab0e09..f44f6000 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/BasicConfig.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/BasicConfig.cs	
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config
         [JsonProperty("joinMaps")]
         public Dictionary<string, JObject> JoinMaps { get; set; }
 
+        public BasicConfig()
+        {
+            Info = new InfoConfig();
+            Devices = new List<DeviceConfig>();
+            SourceLists = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, SourceListItem>>();
+            DestinationLists = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, DestinationListItem>>();
+            TieLines = new List<TieLineConfig>();
+            JoinMaps = new Dictionary<string, JObject>();
+        }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Checks SourceLists for a given list and returns it if found. Otherwise, returns null
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Essentials/EssentialsConfig.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Essentials/EssentialsConfig.cs
index cc3375e2..1e819414 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Essentials/EssentialsConfig.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Essentials/EssentialsConfig.cs	
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config
 
 		[JsonProperty("rooms")]
         public List<DeviceConfig> Rooms { get; set; }
+
+
+        public EssentialsConfig()
+            : base()
+        {
+            Rooms = new List<DeviceConfig>();
+        }
 	}
 		
 	/// <summary>