GH-10438 - Rewrite existing plugin API tests to exclusively te… (#13302)

app/plugin_api_tests/basic_config.go

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+// Copyright (c) 2015-present Mattermost, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+// See LICENSE.txt for license information.
+
+package plugin_api_tests
+
+import "reflect"
+
+type BasicConfig struct {
+	BasicChannelId       string
+	BasicChannelName     string
+	BasicPostId          string
+	BasicPostMessage     string
+	BasicTeamDisplayName string
+	BasicTeamId          string
+	BasicTeamName        string
+	BasicUser2Email      string
+	BasicUser2Id         string
+	BasicUserEmail       string
+	BasicUserId          string
+}
+
+func IsEmpty(object interface{}) bool {
+
+	// get nil case out of the way
+	if object == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	objValue := reflect.ValueOf(object)
+
+	switch objValue.Kind() {
+	// collection types are empty when they have no element
+	case reflect.Array, reflect.Chan, reflect.Map, reflect.Slice:
+		return objValue.Len() == 0
+	// pointers are empty if nil or if the value they point to is empty
+	case reflect.Ptr:
+		if objValue.IsNil() {
+			return true
+		}
+		deref := objValue.Elem().Interface()
+		return IsEmpty(deref)
+	// for all other types, compare against the zero value
+	default:
+		zero := reflect.Zero(objValue.Type())
+		return reflect.DeepEqual(object, zero.Interface())
+	}
+}