From f59a5c90a554fbefe12e3c99819c0d73f4e64882 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sbwalker <shaun.walker@siliqon.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 17:10:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Modify the FilterModuleDefinition() method to return null if
 the object passed to the method is null instead of returning an initialized
 object

---
 Oqtane.Server/Repository/ModuleDefinitionRepository.cs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Repository/ModuleDefinitionRepository.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Repository/ModuleDefinitionRepository.cs
index 793c30c2..5f2efd9e 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Repository/ModuleDefinitionRepository.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Repository/ModuleDefinitionRepository.cs
@@ -62,11 +62,12 @@ namespace Oqtane.Repository
 
         public ModuleDefinition FilterModuleDefinition(ModuleDefinition moduleDefinition)
         {
-            var ModuleDefinition = new ModuleDefinition();
+            ModuleDefinition ModuleDefinition = null;
 
             if (moduleDefinition != null)
             {
                 // only include required client-side properties
+                ModuleDefinition = new ModuleDefinition();
                 ModuleDefinition.ModuleDefinitionId = moduleDefinition.ModuleDefinitionId;
                 ModuleDefinition.SiteId = moduleDefinition.SiteId;
                 ModuleDefinition.ModuleDefinitionName = moduleDefinition.ModuleDefinitionName;