Minor refactoring, created a 'isNotAnEmptyObject' function

Author: csarnataro

src/connection/Connection.ts

@@ -111,9 +111,8 @@ export class Connection implements IConnection {
       else valueToSend = value;
     });
 
-    // If the message is an object, and it's empty, it makes no sense to send it
-    // All other messages (e.g. non-empty objects or primitives) must be sent
-    if (!(typeof valueToSend === 'object' && Object.keys(valueToSend).length == 0)) {
+    // Checking if valueToSend is NOT {}
+    if (Utils.isNotAnEmptyObject(valueToSend)) {
       messages.push({ topic, propertyName: current, value: valueToSend });
     }
 

src/utils/index.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ function isArray<T>(value: CloudMessageValue): value is T[] {
   return Array.isArray(value);
 }
 
+function isNotAnEmptyObject(value): boolean {
+  return !(typeof value === 'object' && Object.keys(value).length == 0);
+}
+
 function toArrayBuffer(buf: { length: number }): ArrayBuffer {
   const ab = new ArrayBuffer(buf.length);
   const view = new Uint8Array(ab);
@@ -69,4 +73,5 @@ export default {
   toArrayBuffer,
   toBuffer,
   arrayBufferToBase64,
+  isNotAnEmptyObject,
 };