Summary

Fixes #16.

Image._deserialize() now supports stored xImage objects that do not have data yet, such as pending image-processing documents or projected image metadata.

Changes

• Allow the JS Image constructor to accept null as an internal no-data placeholder.
• Store data as null for that placeholder and preserve the server-provided mime_type after deserialization.
• Change _deserialize() from new Image(dataValue || "") to new Image(dataValue ?? null) so missing data does not become an invalid empty string.
• Keep processed image URLs and binary inputs on the existing path.

Validation

• Reproduced the current failure with an equivalent JS snippet: pending {xImage:{mime_type:"image/png", index:true}} reaches new Image("") and throws Invalid data.
• Verified the fixed path deserializes both a pending image with no data and a processed image with URL/chunks.

deserialize missing-data PASS

Note

Full TypeScript build was not run locally because this environment does not have tsc or onenode-js/node_modules installed.