From 6947e8fe29c229fe6fba263d510c8d4fffa0b812 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: srikappa <srikappa@amazon.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:14:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added an IsObject check for nested instance DOM during link
 creation that happens during prefab loading

---
 .../AzToolsFramework/Prefab/PrefabSystemComponent.cpp           | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/PrefabSystemComponent.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/PrefabSystemComponent.cpp
index c697be437b..3f660bb73b 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/PrefabSystemComponent.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/PrefabSystemComponent.cpp
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ namespace AzToolsFramework
             link.SetInstanceName(instanceName.data());
 
             PrefabDomValue& instance = instanceIterator->value;
-
+            AZ_Assert(instance.IsObject(), "Nested instance DOM provided is not a valid JSON object.");
             PrefabDomValueReference sourceTemplateName = PrefabDomUtils::FindPrefabDomValue(instance, PrefabDomUtils::SourceName);
             AZ_Assert(sourceTemplateName, "Couldn't find source template name in the DOM of the nested instance while creating a link.");
             AZ_Assert(