// The options package provides a way to pass unstructured sets of options to a // component expecting a strongly-typed configuration structure. package options import ( "fmt" "reflect" ) type NoSuchFieldError struct { Field string Type string } func (e NoSuchFieldError) Error() string { return fmt.Sprintf("no field %q in type %q", e.Field, e.Type) } type CannotSetFieldError struct { Field string Type string } func (e CannotSetFieldError) Error() string { return fmt.Sprintf("cannot set field %q of type %q", e.Field, e.Type) } type Generic map[string]interface{} func NewGeneric() Generic { return make(Generic) } func GenerateFromModel(options Generic, model interface{}) (interface{}, error) { modType := reflect.TypeOf(model) // If the model is of pointer type, we need to dereference for New. resType := reflect.TypeOf(model) if modType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { resType = resType.Elem() } // Populate the result structure with the generic layout content. res := reflect.New(resType) for name, value := range options { field := res.Elem().FieldByName(name) if !field.IsValid() { return nil, NoSuchFieldError{name, resType.String()} } if !field.CanSet() { return nil, CannotSetFieldError{name, resType.String()} } field.Set(reflect.ValueOf(value)) } // If the model is not of pointer type, return content of the result. if modType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { return res.Interface(), nil } return res.Elem().Interface(), nil }