Spring Cloud Config returns an empty string instead of an empty array

[IvanKodak]

Describe the bug
After upgrading to the latest version of Spring Cloud Config, I encountered an issue where the cloud-config service returns an empty string ("") instead of an empty array ([]).

<spring-cloud.version>2024.0.0</spring-cloud.version>

Sample
Example:

config.yaml

network:
  urls: []

I expect to receive the following object:

{
  "network":{
    "urls":[]
  }
}

However, I receive this instead:

{
  "network":{
    "urls":""
  }
}

I noticed a similar issue in the past, which might be related to this problem as well.
#1572

Could you please investigate the cause of this issue as soon as possible?
Thanks in advance!

[DmytroShalaiev]

@spring-builds please
+1

[DmytroShalaiev]

@spencergibb fyi