Primitive lists in realm

EVReflection.podspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name         = "EVReflection"
-  s.version      = "5.1.3"
+  s.version      = "5.1.4"
   s.summary      = "Reflection based (Dictionary, CKRecord, NSManagedObject, Realm, JSON and XML) object mapping with extensions for Alamofire and Moya with RxSwift or ReactiveSwift"
 
   s.description  = <<-EOS

Source/EVReflection.swift

@@ -1251,6 +1251,9 @@ final public class EVReflection {
                 valid = isValid
             } else if !type.hasPrefix("Swift.Array<") && !type.hasPrefix("Swift.Set<") {
                 if let array = dictValue as? NSArray {
+                    if anyObject is EVCustomReflectable {
+                        return (array, true)
+                    }
                     if let org = anyObject as? EVReflectable {
                         org.addStatusMessage(.InvalidType, message: "Did not expect an array for \(key). Will use the first item instead.")
                         evPrint(.InvalidType, "WARNING: Did not expect an array for \(key). Will use the first item instead.")

Source/Realm/RealmListEVCustomReflectable.swift

@@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ extension List : EVCustomReflectable {
                     self.append(element)
                 }
             }
-
+        } else if let array = value as? NSArray {
+            for item in array {
+                if let element: Element = item as? Element {
+                    self.append(element)
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 

UnitTests/RealmTestIssue221.swift

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import EVReflection
 
 class CategoryModel: Object, EVReflectable {
 
-    @objc dynamic var children = ""
+    let children = List<String>()
     @objc dynamic var id = ""
     @objc dynamic var isRoot =  false
     let name =  List<NameCategoryModel>()

UnitTests/RealmTests/RealmTests.swift

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ class Car: Object, EVReflectable {
     }
 }
 
+class PrimitiveListsObject: Object, EVReflectable {
+    let strings = List<String>()
+    let optionalInt = RealmOptional<Int>()
+}
 
 
 /**
@@ -135,9 +139,13 @@ class RealmTests: XCTestCase {
         print("Number of persons in database after delete = \(realm.objects(Person.self).count)")
         //: Thanks! To learn more about Realm go to https://realm.io    
     }
+
+    func testPrimitiveLists() {
+        let obj = PrimitiveListsObject(json: "{\"strings\":[\"a\",\"b\",\"c\"]}")
+        print("The object: \(obj)")
+    }
 }
 
 
 
 
-