Merge branch 'fix/empty-facts-list-coding' into 'development'

Encode/decode empty facts array to/from "null"

See merge request elixxir/elixxir-dapps-sdk-swift!69

Sources/XXClient/Models/Fact.swift

@@ -30,10 +30,16 @@ extension Fact: Codable {
 
 extension Array where Element == Fact {
   public static func decode(_ data: Data) throws -> Self {
-    try JSONDecoder().decode(Self.self, from: data)
+    if let string = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8), string == "null" {
+      return []
+    }
+    return try JSONDecoder().decode(Self.self, from: data)
   }
 
   public func encode() throws -> Data {
-    try JSONEncoder().encode(self)
+    if isEmpty {
+      return "null".data(using: .utf8)!
+    }
+    return try JSONEncoder().encode(self)
   }
 }

Tests/XXClientTests/Models/FactTests.swift

@@ -38,4 +38,17 @@ final class FactTests: XCTestCase {
 
     XCTAssertNoDifference(models, decodedModels)
   }
+
+  func testCodingEmptyArray() throws {
+    let jsonString = "null"
+    let jsonData = jsonString.data(using: .utf8)!
+
+    let decodedModels = try [Fact].decode(jsonData)
+
+    XCTAssertNoDifference(decodedModels, [])
+
+    let encodedModels = try decodedModels.encode()
+
+    XCTAssertNoDifference(encodedModels, jsonData)
+  }
 }