export function resolveDataRef(data: Record<string, unknown>, ref?: unknown): unknown {
  if (typeof ref !== 'string' || !ref) return undefined;

  return ref.split('.').reduce<unknown>((acc, key) => {
    if (acc && typeof acc === 'object' && key in (acc as Record<string, unknown>)) {
      return (acc as Record<string, unknown>)[key];
    }
    return undefined;
  }, data);
}

export function resolveDataRefString(data: Record<string, unknown>, ref?: unknown): string {
  const value = resolveDataRef(data, ref);
  if (value == null) return '';
  return String(value);
}

export function resolveDataRefBoolean(data: Record<string, unknown>, ref?: unknown): boolean {
  const value = resolveDataRef(data, ref);
  return value === true || value === 'true' || value === 1 || value === '1';
}