assigned datablock to nested variable arrays

[kalynstricklin]

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[alexrobin]

Can you guys describe the problem that this is trying to solve? Please create an issue for it with detailed test cases so we can track why this was needed and add a UT for it.

Also, setting data on the component is not efficient so I wonder if there is a better way to do it.

[earocorn]

The problem is for nested variable-sized arrays. The getData() method will throw an exception instead of returning null, so it will throw an exception when trying to read a nested variable-sized array from a JSON string. I can create an issue and unit test that demonstrates the underlying issue.

[earocorn]

I added a unit test that demonstrates the issue in #342 . I believe you are right that there should be a better solution, but I think it would require a lot more changes to the parsers

[kalynstricklin]

closing PR to move to @earocorn in #342