From 3f862f413758bb2092ff54ed12f5b5aaf9ed72bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tomy2105 <t.petrovic@inet.hr>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 16:04:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] State sets default value if get doesn't find it

Which allows for normal usage of Dictionaries inside state....
---
 .../Extensions/StateDictionaryExtensions.cs          | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Abstractions/Extensions/StateDictionaryExtensions.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Abstractions/Extensions/StateDictionaryExtensions.cs
index 1df6db8f7..fed252ca5 100644
--- a/src/core/Elsa.Abstractions/Extensions/StateDictionaryExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Abstractions/Extensions/StateDictionaryExtensions.cs
@@ -16,8 +16,16 @@ namespace Elsa
         {
             var item = state?.ContainsKey(key) == true ? state![key] : default;
 
-            if (item == null)
-                return defaultValue();
+            if (item == null) 
+            {
+                if (state != null)
+                {
+                    state.SetState(key, defaultValue());
+                    item = state![key];
+                }
+                else
+                    return defaultValue();
+            }
 
             return item.ConvertTo<T>()!;
         }