From 2ab9c95158e51f7716d8ea0a368c2d8631534e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil-Ba <phi.ba@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:27:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Skip validation of null elements in array

---
 .../main/resources/Java/libraries/okhttp-gson/pojo.mustache | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/okhttp-gson/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/okhttp-gson/pojo.mustache
index 05b7d68369f6..416abf9f3972 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/okhttp-gson/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/okhttp-gson/pojo.mustache
@@ -390,7 +390,11 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{.}}} {{/parent}}{{#vendorExtens
         JsonArray jsonArray{{name}} = jsonObj.getAsJsonArray("{{{baseName}}}");
         // validate the required field `{{{baseName}}}` (array)
         for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray{{name}}.size(); i++) {
-          {{{items.dataType}}}.validateJsonElement(jsonArray{{name}}.get(i));
+          JsonElement arrayElement = jsonArray{{name}}.get(i);
+          if(arrayElement == null || arrayElement.isJsonNull()){
+            continue;
+          }
+          {{{items.dataType}}}.validateJsonElement();
         }
       }
       {{/required}}