package generics import ( "fmt" "reflect" "strconv" "time" ) var timeType = reflect.TypeOf(time.Now()) func conversionError(modifier string, value interface{}, typ reflect.Type) error { if modifier != "" { modifier += " " } switch ref := value.(type) { case reflect.Value: value = ref.Interface() } return genericErrorf("can't convert %s%T(%v) to type %s", modifier, value, value, typ) } // Convert value to the type. This is a more aggressive conversion, that will // recursively create new map and slice values as necessary. It doesn't // handle circular references. func Convert(value interface{}, target reflect.Type) (interface{}, error) { r := reflect.ValueOf(value) if r.Type().ConvertibleTo(target) { return r.Convert(target).Interface(), nil } if reflect.PtrTo(r.Type()) == target { return &value, nil } if r.Kind() == reflect.String && target == timeType { return ParseTime(value.(string)) } switch target.Kind() { case reflect.Bool: return !(value == nil || value == false), nil case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64: switch value := value.(type) { case bool: if value { return 1, nil } return 0, nil case string: return strconv.Atoi(value) } case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64: switch value := value.(type) { case int: return float64(value), nil case string: return strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64) } case reflect.Map: out := reflect.MakeMap(target) for _, key := range r.MapKeys() { if target.Key().Kind() == reflect.String { key = reflect.ValueOf(fmt.Sprint(key)) } if !key.Type().ConvertibleTo(target.Key()) { return nil, conversionError("map key", key, target.Key()) } key = key.Convert(target.Key()) value := r.MapIndex(key) if target.Elem().Kind() == reflect.String { value = reflect.ValueOf(fmt.Sprint(value)) } if !value.Type().ConvertibleTo(target.Elem()) { return nil, conversionError("map value", value, target.Elem()) } out.SetMapIndex(key, value.Convert(target.Elem())) } return out.Interface(), nil case reflect.Slice: switch r.Kind() { case reflect.Array, reflect.Slice: out := reflect.MakeSlice(target, 0, r.Len()) for i := 0; i < r.Len(); i++ { item, err := Convert(r.Index(i).Interface(), target.Elem()) if err != nil { return nil, err } out = reflect.Append(out, reflect.ValueOf(item)) } return out.Interface(), nil case reflect.Map: out := reflect.MakeSlice(target, 0, r.Len()) for _, key := range r.MapKeys() { item, err := Convert(r.MapIndex(key).Interface(), target.Elem()) if err != nil { return nil, err } out = reflect.Append(out, reflect.ValueOf(item)) } return out.Interface(), nil } } return nil, conversionError("", value, target) } // MustConvert is like Convert, but panics if conversion fails. func MustConvert(value interface{}, t reflect.Type) interface{} { out, err := Convert(value, t) if err != nil { panic(err) } return out } // MustConvertItem converts item to conform to array, else panics. func MustConvertItem(item interface{}, array []interface{}) interface{} { item, err := Convert(item, reflect.TypeOf(array).Elem()) if err != nil { panic(fmt.Errorf("can't convert %#v to %s: %s", item, reflect.TypeOf(array).Elem(), err)) } return item }