From f6eee840bd14c82f6539842502fd58ef3b78df46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ajay  Prajapati <ajay.prajapati@Ajay-SFIN957.local>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:21:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: condition to allow empty array in createAll

Signed-off-by: Ajay  Prajapati <ajay.prajapati@Ajay-SFIN957.local>
---
 lib/dao.js | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/dao.js b/lib/dao.js
index b80c30d3b..0f2ff5e9e 100644
--- a/lib/dao.js
+++ b/lib/dao.js
@@ -512,10 +512,25 @@ DataAccessObject.createAll = function(dataArray, options, cb) {
   options = options || {};
   cb = cb || utils.createPromiseCallback();
 
-  assert(typeof dataArray === 'object' && dataArray.length,
-    'The data argument must be an array with length > 0');
+  assert(typeof dataArray === 'object' && Array.isArray(dataArray),
+  'The data argument must be an array');
   assert(typeof options === 'object', 'The options argument must be an object');
   assert(typeof cb === 'function', 'The cb argument must be a function');
+  // If the dataArray is empty, we return an empty array or an error
+  if (dataArray.length === 0) {
+    if (options.allowEmptyArray === true) {
+     process.nextTick(function() {
+        cb(null, []);
+      });
+    } else {
+      process.nextTick(function() {
+        const err = new Error('The data argument must be an array with length > 0');
+        err.statusCode = 400;
+        cb(err);
+      });
+    }
+    return cb.promise;
+  }
 
   const validationPromises = [];
   for (let index = 0; index < dataArray.length; index++) {