Default value for an array property

/*
* resource descriptor
*/
component
output="false"
extends="restfulcf.framework.core.Resource"
hint="resource descriptor"
    {
    // string properties
    property name="path" type="string" default="";
    property name="productName" type="string" default="";
    property name="pageTitle" type="string" default="";
    property name="descriptionTitle" type="string" default="";
    property name="descriptionFull" type="string" default="";
    property name="boxshot" type="string" default="";
    property name="boxshotThumbnail" type="string" default="";
    property name="boxshotMedium" type="string" default="";
    property name="boxshotSmall" type="string" default="";
    property name="upsellDescription" type="string" default="";
    property name="productContactNumber" type="string" default="";
    property name="template" type="string" default="";
    property name="configuratorTemplate" type="string" default="";
    // array properties: setting the default to 'arrayNew(1)' here, and swapping with arrayNew(1) on init()
    property name="marketingLinks" type="array" default="arrayNew(1)";
    property name="purchaseOptions" type="array" default="arrayNew(1)";

    public store.restful.resources.Product function init(required string path = "",
                                                         required string productName = "",
                                                         required string pageTitle = "",
                                                         required string descriptionTitle = "",
                                                         required string descriptionFull = "",
                                                         required string boxshot = "",
                                                         required string boxshotThumbnail = "",
                                                         required string boxshotMedium = "",
                                                         required string boxshotSmall = "",
                                                         required array purchaseOptions = arrayNew(1),
                                                         required string upsellDescription = "",
                                                         required string productContactNumber = "",
                                                         required string template = "",
                                                         required string configuratorTemplate = "",
                                                         required array marketingLinks = arrayNew(1)) {

        // logic to swap the 'arrayNew(1)' string to a real empty array
        // this is necessary to preserve the property name in camelCase when serialized to JSON
        var local = {};
        var i = 0;
        var localProp = "";

        local.meta = getMetadata(this);

        for (i=1; i<=arrayLen(local.meta.properties); i++)
        {
            localProp = local.meta.properties[i];

            if (isArray(localProp) || isStruct(localProp))
                localProp.default = evaluate(localProp.default);
        }

        super.init(argumentCollection = arguments);

        return this;
    }

}