From 169751c711485cf3232f061e0c1b9e1685c3f75a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mainak Kundu <94432368+mkundu1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:27:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Correct type for empty states (#3520)

---
 src/ansys/fluent/core/solver/flobject.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/fluent/core/solver/flobject.py b/src/ansys/fluent/core/solver/flobject.py
index c0a41fe3db0..a7c7d5f0ca9 100644
--- a/src/ansys/fluent/core/solver/flobject.py
+++ b/src/ansys/fluent/core/solver/flobject.py
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ def to_python_keys(cls, value):
                     ret[mname] = ccls.to_python_keys(mvalue)
             return ret
         else:
-            return value
+            return {}
 
     _child_classes = {}
     child_names = []
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ def to_python_keys(cls, value):
                 ret[k] = cls.child_object_type.to_python_keys(v)
             return ret
         else:
-            return value
+            return {}
 
     _child_classes = {}
     command_names = []
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ def to_python_keys(cls, value):
         if isinstance(value, collections.abc.Sequence):
             return [cls.child_object_type.to_python_keys(v) for v in value]
         else:
-            return value
+            return []
 
     _child_classes = {}
     command_names = []