<?php

namespace App\Traits;

use CodeIgniter\API\ResponseTrait as BaseResponseTrait;
use CodeIgniter\HTTP\ResponseInterface;

trait ResponseTrait
{
    use BaseResponseTrait {
        respond as baseRespond;
    }

    /**
     * Send a response with automatic conversion of empty strings to null
     * 
     * @param mixed $data
     * @param int $status
     * @param string $message
     * @return ResponseInterface
     */
    public function respond($data = null, int $status = 200, string $message = '')
    {
        // Convert empty strings to null in the data
        if ($data !== null && (is_array($data) || is_object($data))) {
            $data = convert_empty_strings_to_null($data);
        }
        
        return $this->baseRespond($data, $status, $message);
    }
}