Generate example for $ref'd array schemas

src/main/java/io/swagger/inflector/examples/ExampleBuilder.java

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import io.swagger.inflector.examples.models.LongExample;
 import io.swagger.inflector.examples.models.ObjectExample;
 import io.swagger.inflector.examples.models.StringExample;
+import io.swagger.models.ArrayModel;
 import io.swagger.models.ComposedModel;
 import io.swagger.models.Model;
 import io.swagger.models.ModelImpl;
@@ -523,6 +524,20 @@ else if(model instanceof ComposedModel) {
             mergeTo(ex, innerExamples);
             output = ex;
         }
+        else if(model instanceof ArrayModel) {
+            ArrayModel am = (ArrayModel) model;
+            ObjectExample ex = new ObjectExample();
+
+            Property inner = am.getItems();
+            if (inner != null) {
+                Example innerExample = fromProperty(inner, definitions, processedModels);
+                if (innerExample != null) {
+                    ArrayExample an = new ArrayExample();
+                    an.add(innerExample);
+                    output = an;
+                }
+            }
+        }
         if (output != null) {
             if (attribute != null) {
                 output.setAttribute(attribute);

src/test/java/io/swagger/test/examples/ExampleBuilderTest.java

@@ -576,4 +576,15 @@ public void testIssue1261InlineSchemaExample() throws Exception {
                 "  \"name\" : \"Arthur Dent\"\n" +
                 "}");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIssue1177RefArrayExample() throws Exception {
+        Swagger swagger = new SwaggerParser().read("src/test/swagger/issue-1177.yaml");
+
+        Response response = swagger.getPath("/array").getGet().getResponses().get("200");
+        Example example = ExampleBuilder.fromProperty(response.getSchema(), swagger.getDefinitions());
+
+        String output = Json.pretty(example);
+        assertEqualsIgnoreLineEnding(output, "[ \"string\" ]");
+    }
 }

src/test/swagger/issue-1177.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+swagger: '2.0'
+info:
+  version: 1.0.0
+  title: Array Mocking Test
+
+produces:
+  - application/json
+
+paths:
+  /array:
+    get:
+      responses:
+        200:
+          description: OK
+          schema:
+            $ref: "#/definitions/AnArray"
+
+definitions:
+  AnArray:
+    type: array
+    items:
+      type: string