Merge branch '2.16'

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ JSON library.
   (reported by Chris R)
 #1003: Add FastDoubleParser section to `NOTICE`
 #1014: Increase default max allowed String value length from 5 megs to 20 megs
+#1023: Problem with `FilteringGeneratorDelegate` wrt `TokenFilter.Inclusion.INCLUDE_NON_NULL`
+  (reported by @honhimW)
 
 2.15.0 (23-Apr-2023)
 

src/main/java/tools/jackson/core/filter/FilteringGeneratorDelegate.java

@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ public JsonGenerator writeStartArray(Object currValue, int size) throws JacksonE
             _checkParentPath();
             _filterContext = _filterContext.createChildArrayContext(_itemFilter, currValue, true);
             delegate.writeStartArray(currValue, size);
+        } else if (_itemFilter != null && _inclusion == Inclusion.INCLUDE_NON_NULL) {
+            _checkParentPath(false /* isMatch */);
+            _filterContext = _filterContext.createChildArrayContext(_itemFilter, currValue, true);
+            delegate.writeStartArray(currValue, size);
         } else {
             _filterContext = _filterContext.createChildArrayContext(_itemFilter, currValue, false);
         }