From 1d5fb320f4dfee3245c15ba293e1c5900a7dab5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil Kunz <gitlab@philkunz.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 23:31:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): update

---
 ts/smartstate.classes.smartstate.ts | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ts/smartstate.classes.smartstate.ts b/ts/smartstate.classes.smartstate.ts
index 3f90823..75d41a8 100644
--- a/ts/smartstate.classes.smartstate.ts
+++ b/ts/smartstate.classes.smartstate.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ export class Smartstate<StatePartNameType> {
 
   public getStatePart<PayloadType>(
     statePartNameArg: string & StatePartNameType,
-    initialArg?: PayloadType
+    initialArg?: PayloadType,
+    initMode?: 'soft' | 'mandatory'
   ): StatePart<StatePartNameType, PayloadType> {
     if (this.statePartMap[statePartNameArg as any]) {
-      if (initialArg  && Object.keys(initialArg).length > 0) {
+      if (initialArg && (!initMode || initMode !== 'soft')) {
         throw new Error(
           `${statePartNameArg} already exists, yet you try to set an initial state again`
         );