options default to empty Objects

[line-o]

This fixes some hard to understand errors when utilising some node-exist functions:

Error: XML-RPC fault: No method matching arguments: java.lang.String, java.lang.String

[line-o]

Thanks to @DrRataplan for bringing this up and suggesting the solution, too.

[DrRataplan]

Nice! This error really puzzled me!

[DrRataplan]

Interestingly, one test fails but only in Existdb 7:
Looks like Exist7 serialization returns xml declarations even though the xmlrpc call does not specify it? Odd. Any idea how this happens?

# read with empty options uses defaults
not ok 47 file was read
  ---
    operator: equal
    expected: |-
      '<collection>\n    <item property="value"/>\n</collection>'
    actual: |-
      '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n<collection>\n    <item property="value"/>\n</collection>'
    at: Test.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/spec/tests/documents.js:84:10)
    stack: |-
      Error: file was read
          at Test.assert [as _assert] (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/node_modules/tape/lib/test.js:479:48)
          at Test.strictEqual (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/node_modules/tape/lib/test.js:643:7)
          at Test.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/spec/tests/documents.js:84:10)
          at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:[95](https://github.com/eXist-db/node-exist/actions/runs/14176407503/job/39712263663?pr=340#step:6:96):5)
  ...
# read without passing options
not ok 48 file was read
  ---
    operator: equal
    expected: |-
      '<collection>\n    <item property="value"/>\n</collection>'
    actual: |-
      '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n<collection>\n    <item property="value"/>\n</collection>'
    at: Test.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/spec/tests/documents.js:103:10)
    stack: |-
      Error: file was read
          at Test.assert [as _assert] (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/node_modules/tape/lib/test.js:479:48)
          at Test.strictEqual (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/node_modules/tape/lib/test.js:643:7)
          at Test.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/spec/tests/documents.js:[103](https://github.com/eXist-db/node-exist/actions/runs/14176407503/job/39712263663?pr=340#step:6:104):10)
          at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
  ...
# serialized without XML declaration
not ok 49 expected file contents received
  ---
    operator: equal
    expected: |-
      '<collection>\n    <item property="value"/>\n</collection>'
    actual: |-
      '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n<collection>\n    <item property="value"/>\n</collection>'
    at: Test.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/spec/tests/documents.js:121:10)
    stack: |-
      Error: expected file contents received
          at Test.assert [as _assert] (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/node_modules/tape/lib/test.js:479:48)
          at Test.strictEqual (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/node_modules/tape/lib/test.js:643:7)
          at Test.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/node-exist/node-exist/spec/tests/documents.js:[121](https://github.com/eXist-db/node-exist/actions/runs/14176407503/job/39712263663?pr=340#step:6:122):10)
          at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
  ...

[line-o]

Looks like Exist7 serialization returns xml declarations even though the xmlrpc call does not specify it?

Yes, this change happened upstream (in exist 7) as part of an effort to store XML declarations as part of the original data. These stored declarations will now overrule the default serialisation settings.

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