From a8c4361512cd44c5ce6e966f219515be4e1fd19d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timerix <timerix11@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 00:37:12 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] do dot add empty collections into list

---
 ParadoxSaveParser.Lib/SaveParserEU4.cs | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ParadoxSaveParser.Lib/SaveParserEU4.cs b/ParadoxSaveParser.Lib/SaveParserEU4.cs
index 005f262..899f67d 100644
--- a/ParadoxSaveParser.Lib/SaveParserEU4.cs
+++ b/ParadoxSaveParser.Lib/SaveParserEU4.cs
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ public class SaveParserEU4
         }
     }
 
+    private static bool IsEmptyCollection(object value)
+        => value is Dictionary<string, List<object>> { Count: 0 } or List<object> { Count: 0 };
+
     // doesn't move next
     private object ParseListOrDict()
     {
@@ -249,6 +252,10 @@ public class SaveParserEU4
             _searchExprCurrent = searchExprPrev;
             if (value is null)
                 break;
+
+            // do dot add empty collections into list
+            if (IsEmptyCollection(value))
+                continue;
             
             list.Add(value);
         }
@@ -326,6 +333,10 @@ public class SaveParserEU4
                 dict.Add(keyStr, list);
             }
 
+            
+            // do dot add empty collections into list
+            if (IsEmptyCollection(value))
+                continue;
             list.Add(value);
         }