From 99965c9162c3af62651aa56733819a93db85a5a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PP <chinese1236@qq.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2023 10:18:12 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] deprecate `misc.isPlainEmptyObj_DEV`, use `js.isEmptyObject`
 instead (#16341)

* fix: deprecate `isPlainEmptyObj_DEV`
---
 cocos/base/utils/src/internal-index.ts | 9 +++++++++
 cocos/core/data/utils/attribute.ts     | 4 ++--
 cocos/core/utils/misc.ts               | 9 ++++++---
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cocos/base/utils/src/internal-index.ts b/cocos/base/utils/src/internal-index.ts
index 5507c072a09..eb4c2aee164 100644
--- a/cocos/base/utils/src/internal-index.ts
+++ b/cocos/base/utils/src/internal-index.ts
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
+import { js } from './js';
+
 export { ScalableContainer, scalableContainerManager } from './memop/scalable-container';
+
+export function isPlainEmptyObj (obj): boolean {
+    if (!obj || obj.constructor !== Object) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return js.isEmptyObject(obj);
+}
diff --git a/cocos/core/data/utils/attribute.ts b/cocos/core/data/utils/attribute.ts
index 05a9a8ecfbc..eeeeb3dde08 100644
--- a/cocos/core/data/utils/attribute.ts
+++ b/cocos/core/data/utils/attribute.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { EDITOR } from 'internal:constants';
 import { log, warnID } from '@base/debug';
 import { cclegacy } from '@base/global';
 import { js } from '@base/utils';
-import { isPlainEmptyObj_DEV } from '../../utils/misc';
+import { isPlainEmptyObj } from '@base/utils/internal';
 
 const { formatStr, get, getClassName, isChildClassOf, value } = js;
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export function getTypeChecker_ET (type: string, attributeName: string) {
         if (typeof defaultVal === 'undefined') {
             return;
         }
-        const isContainer = Array.isArray(defaultVal) || isPlainEmptyObj_DEV(defaultVal);
+        const isContainer = Array.isArray(defaultVal) || isPlainEmptyObj(defaultVal);
         if (isContainer) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/cocos/core/utils/misc.ts b/cocos/core/utils/misc.ts
index 158958a9adc..0fc307f6466 100644
--- a/cocos/core/utils/misc.ts
+++ b/cocos/core/utils/misc.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { setTimeoutRAF } from '@pal/utils';
 import { cclegacy } from '@base/global';
 import { warnID } from '@base/debug';
 import { js } from '@base/utils';
+import { isPlainEmptyObj } from '@base/utils/internal';
 import { macro } from '../platform/macro';
 
 const { getClassName, getset, isEmptyObject } = js;
@@ -205,12 +206,14 @@ export function tryCatchFunctor_EDITOR (funcName: string): (comp: unknown) => vo
  * @param obj @en The object to check. @zh 要检查的对象。
  * @returns @en True if it is an empty object. False if it is not an empty object, not Object type, null or undefined.
  * @ 如果是空对象，返回 true。如果不是空对象，不是Object类型，空或未定义，则为假。
+ *
+ * @deprecated `misc.isPlainEmptyObj_DEV` is deprecated since v3.9.0, please use `js.isEmptyObject` instead.
  */
 export function isPlainEmptyObj_DEV (obj): boolean {
-    if (!obj || obj.constructor !== Object) {
-        return false;
+    if (DEBUG) {
+        warnID(16001, 'misc.isPlainEmptyObj_DEV', '3.9.0', 'js.isEmptyObject');
     }
-    return isEmptyObject(obj);
+    return isPlainEmptyObj(obj);
 }
 
 /**