export function toRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> {
  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) {
    return {};
  }

  return value as Record<string, unknown>;
}

/**
 * Whether a value is a record a structural walk should descend into.
 *
 * A class instance (a `Date`, an `Error`) is not: rebuilding one as a plain
 * object would change what a serializer downstream writes. Distinct from
 * {@link toRecord}, which reads a value as a record without asking how it was
 * built.
 */
export function isPlainRecord(
  value: unknown,
): value is Record<string, unknown> {
  if (typeof value !== "object" || value === null) return false;
  const prototype: unknown = Object.getPrototypeOf(value);
  return prototype === Object.prototype || prototype === null;
}

export function getNonEmptyString(value: unknown): string | null {
  if (typeof value !== "string") {
    return null;
  }

  const trimmed = value.trim();
  return trimmed.length > 0 ? trimmed : null;
}