default will be used if call a contract without explicit init

examples/__tests__/test-status-message.ava.js

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ test.before(async t => {
         './build/status-message.wasm',
     );
 
-    // Init the contract
-    await statusMessage.call(statusMessage, 'init', {});
+    // When we skip init the status message, default() will be used  
+    // await statusMessage.call(statusMessage, 'init', {});
 
     // Create test users
     const ali = await root.createSubAccount('ali');

src/near-contract.ts

@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ import * as near from "./api";
 export abstract class NearContract {
   deserialize() {
     const rawState = near.storageRead("STATE");
+    let c = this.default()
     if (rawState) {
       const state = JSON.parse(rawState)
-      // reconstruction of the contract class object from plain object
-      let c = this.default()
       Object.assign(this, state);
+      // reconstruction of the contract class object from plain object
       for (const item in c) {
         if (c[item].constructor?.deserialize !== undefined) {
           this[item] = c[item].constructor.deserialize(this[item])
         }
       }
     } else {
-      throw new Error("Contract state is empty");
+      Object.assign(this, c)
     }
   }