From f01241971027f79a39b3e9b2e796edec145ca1a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Sulpy <david@sulpy.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 20:19:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added an initialization of the atomicState.eventBuffer if the
 eventBuffer is null when handling an event

---
 .../initial-state-event-streamer.groovy                    | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/smartapps/initialstate-events/initial-state-event-streamer.src/initial-state-event-streamer.groovy b/smartapps/initialstate-events/initial-state-event-streamer.src/initial-state-event-streamer.groovy
index e682f36..95c38de 100644
--- a/smartapps/initialstate-events/initial-state-event-streamer.src/initial-state-event-streamer.groovy
+++ b/smartapps/initialstate-events/initial-state-event-streamer.src/initial-state-event-streamer.groovy
@@ -341,6 +341,13 @@ def eventHandler(name, value) {
 
 	def eventBuffer = atomicState.eventBuffer
 	def epoch = now() / 1000
+	
+	// if for some reason this code block is being run
+	// but the SmartApp wasn't propery setup during install
+	// we need to set initialize the eventBuffer.
+	if (!atomicState.eventBuffer) {
+		atomicState.eventBuffer = []
+	}
 	eventBuffer << [key: "$name", value: "$value", epoch: "$epoch"]
 	
 	log.debug eventBuffer