Merge pull request #1168 from ably/ECO-5570/fix-decoding-empty-data

fix: handle null check for empty `data` in `Message` decoding logic

Author: ttypic

lib/src/main/java/io/ably/lib/types/BaseMessage.java

@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@ public void decode(ChannelOptions opts,  DecodingContext context) throws Message
         }
 
         //last message bookkeping
-        if(lastPayload instanceof String)
+        if (lastPayload instanceof String)
             context.setLastMessageData((String)lastPayload);
         else if (lastPayload instanceof byte[])
             context.setLastMessageData((byte[])lastPayload);
-        else
+        else if (lastPayload != null)
             throw MessageDecodeException.fromDescription("Message data neither String nor byte[]. Unsupported message data type.");
     }