From 55b52c6c9f3c71fb9dc4fb54101edcce1b5aa3fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Priour <mpriour@opengeo.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:41:41 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Create the metadata object in the initialize function,
 otherwise any assignment to an instance of an OpenLayers.Layer class or
 subclass add/modifies those properties on the OpenLayers.Layer prototype

---
 lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js
index 76483876e9..54c97f0d13 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer = OpenLayers.Class({
      * {Object} This object can be used to store additional information on a
      *     layer object.
      */
-    metadata: {},
+    metadata: null,
     
     /**
      * Constructor: OpenLayers.Layer
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ OpenLayers.Layer = OpenLayers.Class({
      */
     initialize: function(name, options) {
 
+        this.metadata = {};
+        
         this.addOptions(options);
 
         this.name = name;