lib/service_contract/assertions.rb in service_contract-0.2.0 vs lib/service_contract/assertions.rb in service_contract-0.2.1

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
         assert data.is_a?(Array), "expected #{type.name} to be an Array; instead got: #{data.inspect} (#{data.class.name})"
         data.each do |datum|
           assert_data_matches_type(datum, type.subtype, allow_nil)
         end
       elsif type.complex?
-
+        # Skip out of the complex object is nil and allowed to be nil
+        return true if data.nil? && allow_nil
         # type should have fields
         type.fields.each do |field|
 
           #Does data contain attributes that the contract doesn't specify?
           data_extra_attrs = (data.keys.map(&:to_sym) - type.fields.map{|n| n.name.to_sym})
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