arrow/util/protobuf_reflect.go (737 lines of code) (raw):

// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one // or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file // distributed with this work for additional information // regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file // to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the // "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance // with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package util import ( "fmt" "reflect" "github.com/apache/arrow-go/v18/arrow" "github.com/apache/arrow-go/v18/arrow/array" "github.com/apache/arrow-go/v18/arrow/memory" "github.com/stoewer/go-strcase" "google.golang.org/protobuf/proto" "google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect" "google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/anypb" ) // ProtobufTypeHandler provides options on how protobuf fields should be handled in the conversion to arrow type ProtobufTypeHandler int const ( // OneOfNull means do not wrap oneOfs in a union, they are treated as separate fields OneOfNull ProtobufTypeHandler = iota // OneOfDenseUnion maps the protobuf OneOf to an arrow.DENSE_UNION OneOfDenseUnion // EnumNumber uses the Enum numeric value EnumNumber // EnumValue uses the Enum string value EnumValue // EnumDictionary uses both the numeric and string value and maps to an arrow.Dictionary EnumDictionary ) type schemaOptions struct { exclusionPolicy func(pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) bool fieldNameFormatter func(str string) string oneOfHandler ProtobufTypeHandler enumHandler ProtobufTypeHandler } // ProtobufFieldReflection represents the metadata and values of a protobuf field type ProtobufFieldReflection struct { parent *ProtobufMessageReflection descriptor protoreflect.FieldDescriptor prValue protoreflect.Value rValue reflect.Value schemaOptions arrow.Field isListItem bool } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) isNull() bool { for pfr.rValue.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { if pfr.rValue.IsNil() { return true } pfr.rValue = pfr.rValue.Elem() } if !pfr.rValue.IsValid() || !pfr.prValue.IsValid() { return true } return false } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) arrowField() arrow.Field { return arrow.Field{ Name: pfr.name(), Type: pfr.getDataType(), Nullable: true, } } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) protoreflectValue() protoreflect.Value { return pfr.prValue } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) reflectValue() reflect.Value { return pfr.rValue } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) GetDescriptor() protoreflect.FieldDescriptor { return pfr.descriptor } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) name() string { if pfr.isOneOf() && pfr.schemaOptions.oneOfHandler != OneOfNull { return pfr.fieldNameFormatter(string(pfr.descriptor.ContainingOneof().Name())) } return pfr.fieldNameFormatter(string(pfr.descriptor.Name())) } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) arrowType() arrow.Type { if pfr.isOneOf() && pfr.schemaOptions.oneOfHandler == OneOfDenseUnion { return arrow.DENSE_UNION } if pfr.isEnum() { switch pfr.enumHandler { case EnumNumber: return arrow.INT32 case EnumValue: return arrow.STRING case EnumDictionary: return arrow.DICTIONARY } } if pfr.isStruct() { return arrow.STRUCT } if pfr.isMap() { return arrow.MAP } if pfr.isList() { return arrow.LIST } switch pfr.descriptor.Kind() { case protoreflect.Int32Kind: return arrow.INT32 case protoreflect.Int64Kind: return arrow.INT64 case protoreflect.Sint32Kind: return arrow.INT32 case protoreflect.Sint64Kind: return arrow.INT64 case protoreflect.Uint32Kind: return arrow.UINT32 case protoreflect.Uint64Kind: return arrow.UINT64 case protoreflect.Fixed32Kind: return arrow.UINT32 case protoreflect.Fixed64Kind: return arrow.UINT64 case protoreflect.Sfixed32Kind: return arrow.INT32 case protoreflect.Sfixed64Kind: return arrow.INT64 case protoreflect.FloatKind: return arrow.FLOAT32 case protoreflect.DoubleKind: return arrow.FLOAT64 case protoreflect.StringKind: return arrow.STRING case protoreflect.BytesKind: return arrow.BINARY case protoreflect.BoolKind: return arrow.BOOL } return arrow.NULL } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) isOneOf() bool { return pfr.descriptor.ContainingOneof() != nil } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) isEnum() bool { return pfr.descriptor.Kind() == protoreflect.EnumKind } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) isStruct() bool { return pfr.descriptor.Kind() == protoreflect.MessageKind && !pfr.descriptor.IsMap() && !pfr.isList() } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) isMap() bool { return pfr.descriptor.Kind() == protoreflect.MessageKind && pfr.descriptor.IsMap() } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) isList() bool { return pfr.descriptor.IsList() && !pfr.isListItem } // ProtobufMessageReflection represents the metadata and values of a protobuf message type ProtobufMessageReflection struct { descriptor protoreflect.MessageDescriptor message protoreflect.Message rValue reflect.Value schemaOptions fields []ProtobufMessageFieldReflection } func (psr ProtobufMessageReflection) unmarshallAny() ProtobufMessageReflection { if psr.descriptor.FullName() == "google.protobuf.Any" && psr.rValue.IsValid() { for psr.rValue.Type().Kind() == reflect.Ptr { psr.rValue = reflect.Indirect(psr.rValue) } fieldValueAsAny, _ := psr.rValue.Interface().(anypb.Any) msg, _ := fieldValueAsAny.UnmarshalNew() v := reflect.ValueOf(msg) for v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { v = reflect.Indirect(v) } return ProtobufMessageReflection{ descriptor: msg.ProtoReflect().Descriptor(), message: msg.ProtoReflect(), rValue: v, schemaOptions: psr.schemaOptions, } } else { return psr } } func (psr ProtobufMessageReflection) getArrowFields() []arrow.Field { var fields []arrow.Field for pfr := range psr.generateStructFields() { fields = append(fields, pfr.arrowField()) } return fields } type protobufListReflection struct { ProtobufFieldReflection } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) asList() protobufListReflection { return protobufListReflection{*pfr} } func (plr protobufListReflection) getDataType() arrow.DataType { pfr := ProtobufFieldReflection{ descriptor: plr.descriptor, schemaOptions: plr.schemaOptions, isListItem: true, } return arrow.ListOf(pfr.getDataType()) } type protobufUnionReflection struct { ProtobufFieldReflection } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) asUnion() protobufUnionReflection { return protobufUnionReflection{*pfr} } func (pur protobufUnionReflection) isThisOne() bool { for pur.rValue.Kind() == reflect.Ptr || pur.rValue.Kind() == reflect.Interface { pur.rValue = pur.rValue.Elem() } return pur.rValue.Field(0).String() == pur.prValue.String() } func (pur protobufUnionReflection) whichOne() arrow.UnionTypeCode { fds := pur.descriptor.ContainingOneof().Fields() for i := 0; i < fds.Len(); i++ { pfr := pur.parent.getFieldByName(string(fds.Get(i).Name())) if pfr.asUnion().isThisOne() { return pur.getUnionTypeCode(int32(pfr.descriptor.Number())) } } // i.e. all null return -1 } func (pur protobufUnionReflection) getField() *ProtobufFieldReflection { fds := pur.descriptor.ContainingOneof().Fields() for i := 0; i < fds.Len(); i++ { pfr := pur.parent.getFieldByName(string(fds.Get(i).Name())) if pfr.asUnion().isThisOne() { return pfr } } // i.e. all null return nil } func (pur protobufUnionReflection) getUnionTypeCode(n int32) arrow.UnionTypeCode { //We use the index of the field number as there is a limit on the arrow.UnionTypeCode (127) //which a protobuf Number could realistically exceed fds := pur.descriptor.ContainingOneof().Fields() for i := 0; i < fds.Len(); i++ { if n == int32(fds.Get(i).Number()) { return int8(i) } } return -1 } func (pur protobufUnionReflection) generateUnionFields() chan *ProtobufFieldReflection { out := make(chan *ProtobufFieldReflection) go func() { defer close(out) fds := pur.descriptor.ContainingOneof().Fields() for i := 0; i < fds.Len(); i++ { pfr := pur.parent.getFieldByName(string(fds.Get(i).Name())) // Do not get stuck in a recursion loop pfr.oneOfHandler = OneOfNull if pfr.exclusionPolicy(pfr) { continue } out <- pfr } }() return out } func (pur protobufUnionReflection) getArrowFields() []arrow.Field { var fields []arrow.Field for pfr := range pur.generateUnionFields() { fields = append(fields, pfr.arrowField()) } return fields } func (pur protobufUnionReflection) getDataType() arrow.DataType { fds := pur.getArrowFields() typeCodes := make([]arrow.UnionTypeCode, len(fds)) for i := 0; i < len(fds); i++ { typeCodes[i] = arrow.UnionTypeCode(i) } return arrow.DenseUnionOf(fds, typeCodes) } type protobufDictReflection struct { ProtobufFieldReflection } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) asDictionary() protobufDictReflection { return protobufDictReflection{*pfr} } func (pdr protobufDictReflection) getDataType() arrow.DataType { return &arrow.DictionaryType{ IndexType: arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Int32, ValueType: arrow.BinaryTypes.String, Ordered: false, } } func (pdr protobufDictReflection) getDictValues(mem memory.Allocator) arrow.Array { enumValues := pdr.descriptor.Enum().Values() bldr := array.NewStringBuilder(mem) for i := 0; i < enumValues.Len(); i++ { bldr.Append(string(enumValues.Get(i).Name())) } return bldr.NewArray() } type protobufMapReflection struct { ProtobufFieldReflection } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) asMap() protobufMapReflection { return protobufMapReflection{*pfr} } func (pmr protobufMapReflection) getDataType() arrow.DataType { for kvp := range pmr.generateKeyValuePairs() { return kvp.getDataType() } return protobufMapKeyValuePairReflection{ k: ProtobufFieldReflection{ parent: pmr.parent, descriptor: pmr.descriptor.MapKey(), schemaOptions: pmr.schemaOptions, }, v: ProtobufFieldReflection{ parent: pmr.parent, descriptor: pmr.descriptor.MapValue(), schemaOptions: pmr.schemaOptions, }, }.getDataType() } type protobufMapKeyValuePairReflection struct { k ProtobufFieldReflection v ProtobufFieldReflection } func (pmr protobufMapKeyValuePairReflection) getDataType() arrow.DataType { return arrow.MapOf(pmr.k.getDataType(), pmr.v.getDataType()) } func (pmr protobufMapReflection) generateKeyValuePairs() chan protobufMapKeyValuePairReflection { out := make(chan protobufMapKeyValuePairReflection) go func() { defer close(out) if !pmr.rValue.IsValid() { kvp := protobufMapKeyValuePairReflection{ k: ProtobufFieldReflection{ parent: pmr.parent, descriptor: pmr.descriptor.MapKey(), schemaOptions: pmr.schemaOptions, }, v: ProtobufFieldReflection{ parent: pmr.parent, descriptor: pmr.descriptor.MapValue(), schemaOptions: pmr.schemaOptions, }, } out <- kvp return } for _, k := range pmr.rValue.MapKeys() { kvp := protobufMapKeyValuePairReflection{ k: ProtobufFieldReflection{ parent: pmr.parent, descriptor: pmr.descriptor.MapKey(), prValue: getMapKey(k), rValue: k, schemaOptions: pmr.schemaOptions, }, v: ProtobufFieldReflection{ parent: pmr.parent, descriptor: pmr.descriptor.MapValue(), prValue: pmr.prValue.Map().Get(protoreflect.MapKey(getMapKey(k))), rValue: pmr.rValue.MapIndex(k), schemaOptions: pmr.schemaOptions, }, } out <- kvp } }() return out } func getMapKey(v reflect.Value) protoreflect.Value { switch v.Kind() { case reflect.String: return protoreflect.ValueOf(v.String()) case reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64: return protoreflect.ValueOf(v.Int()) case reflect.Bool: return protoreflect.ValueOf(v.Bool()) case reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64: return protoreflect.ValueOf(v.Uint()) default: panic("Unmapped protoreflect map key type") } } func (psr ProtobufMessageReflection) generateStructFields() chan *ProtobufFieldReflection { out := make(chan *ProtobufFieldReflection) go func() { defer close(out) fds := psr.descriptor.Fields() for i := 0; i < fds.Len(); i++ { pfr := psr.getFieldByName(string(fds.Get(i).Name())) if psr.exclusionPolicy(pfr) { continue } if pfr.arrowType() == arrow.DENSE_UNION { if pfr.descriptor.Number() != pfr.descriptor.ContainingOneof().Fields().Get(0).Number() { continue } } out <- pfr } }() return out } func (psr ProtobufMessageReflection) generateFields() chan *ProtobufFieldReflection { out := make(chan *ProtobufFieldReflection) go func() { defer close(out) fds := psr.descriptor.Fields() for i := 0; i < fds.Len(); i++ { pfr := psr.getFieldByName(string(fds.Get(i).Name())) if psr.exclusionPolicy(pfr) { continue } if pfr.arrowType() == arrow.DENSE_UNION { if pfr.descriptor.Number() != pfr.descriptor.ContainingOneof().Fields().Get(0).Number() { continue } } out <- pfr } }() return out } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) asStruct() ProtobufMessageReflection { psr := ProtobufMessageReflection{ descriptor: pfr.descriptor.Message(), rValue: pfr.rValue, schemaOptions: pfr.schemaOptions, } if pfr.prValue.IsValid() { psr.message = pfr.prValue.Message() } psr = psr.unmarshallAny() return psr } func (psr ProtobufMessageReflection) getDataType() arrow.DataType { return arrow.StructOf(psr.getArrowFields()...) } func (psr ProtobufMessageReflection) getFieldByName(n string) *ProtobufFieldReflection { fd := psr.descriptor.Fields().ByTextName(strcase.SnakeCase(n)) fv := psr.rValue if fv.IsValid() { if !fv.IsZero() { for fv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr || fv.Kind() == reflect.Interface { fv = fv.Elem() } if fd.ContainingOneof() != nil { n = string(fd.ContainingOneof().Name()) } fv = fv.FieldByName(strcase.UpperCamelCase(n)) for fv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { fv = fv.Elem() } } } pfr := ProtobufFieldReflection{ parent: &psr, descriptor: fd, rValue: fv, schemaOptions: psr.schemaOptions, } if psr.message != nil { pfr.prValue = psr.message.Get(fd) } return &pfr } func (plr protobufListReflection) generateListItems() chan ProtobufFieldReflection { out := make(chan ProtobufFieldReflection) go func() { defer close(out) for i := 0; i < plr.prValue.List().Len(); i++ { out <- ProtobufFieldReflection{ descriptor: plr.descriptor, prValue: plr.prValue.List().Get(i), rValue: plr.rValue.Index(i), schemaOptions: plr.schemaOptions, } } }() return out } func (pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) getDataType() arrow.DataType { switch pfr.arrowType() { case arrow.DENSE_UNION: return pfr.asUnion().getDataType() case arrow.DICTIONARY: return pfr.asDictionary().getDataType() case arrow.LIST: return pfr.asList().getDataType() case arrow.MAP: return pfr.asMap().getDataType() case arrow.STRUCT: return pfr.asStruct().getDataType() case arrow.INT32: return arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Int32 case arrow.INT64: return arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Int64 case arrow.UINT32: return arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Uint32 case arrow.UINT64: return arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Uint64 case arrow.FLOAT32: return arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Float32 case arrow.FLOAT64: return arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Float64 case arrow.STRING: return arrow.BinaryTypes.String case arrow.BINARY: return arrow.BinaryTypes.Binary case arrow.BOOL: return arrow.FixedWidthTypes.Boolean } return nil } type protobufReflection interface { name() string arrowType() arrow.Type protoreflectValue() protoreflect.Value reflectValue() reflect.Value GetDescriptor() protoreflect.FieldDescriptor isNull() bool isEnum() bool asDictionary() protobufDictReflection isList() bool asList() protobufListReflection isMap() bool asMap() protobufMapReflection isStruct() bool asStruct() ProtobufMessageReflection isOneOf() bool asUnion() protobufUnionReflection } // ProtobufMessageFieldReflection links together the message and it's fields type ProtobufMessageFieldReflection struct { parent *ProtobufMessageReflection protobufReflection arrow.Field } // Schema returns an arrow.Schema representing a protobuf message func (msg ProtobufMessageReflection) Schema() *arrow.Schema { var fields []arrow.Field for _, f := range msg.fields { fields = append(fields, f.Field) } return arrow.NewSchema(fields, nil) } // Record returns an arrow.Record for a protobuf message func (msg ProtobufMessageReflection) Record(mem memory.Allocator) arrow.Record { if mem == nil { mem = memory.NewGoAllocator() } schema := msg.Schema() recordBuilder := array.NewRecordBuilder(mem, schema) var fieldNames []string for i, f := range msg.fields { f.AppendValueOrNull(recordBuilder.Field(i), mem) fieldNames = append(fieldNames, f.protobufReflection.name()) } var arrays []arrow.Array for _, bldr := range recordBuilder.Fields() { a := bldr.NewArray() arrays = append(arrays, a) } structArray, _ := array.NewStructArray(arrays, fieldNames) return array.RecordFromStructArray(structArray, schema) } // NewProtobufMessageReflection initialises a ProtobufMessageReflection // can be used to convert a protobuf message into an arrow Record func NewProtobufMessageReflection(msg proto.Message, options ...option) *ProtobufMessageReflection { v := reflect.ValueOf(msg) for v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { v = v.Elem() } includeAll := func(pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) bool { return false } noFormatting := func(str string) string { return str } psr := &ProtobufMessageReflection{ descriptor: msg.ProtoReflect().Descriptor(), message: msg.ProtoReflect(), rValue: v, schemaOptions: schemaOptions{ exclusionPolicy: includeAll, fieldNameFormatter: noFormatting, oneOfHandler: OneOfNull, enumHandler: EnumDictionary, }, } for _, opt := range options { opt(psr) } var fields []ProtobufMessageFieldReflection for pfr := range psr.generateFields() { fields = append(fields, ProtobufMessageFieldReflection{ parent: psr, protobufReflection: pfr, Field: pfr.arrowField(), }) } psr.fields = fields return psr } type option func(*ProtobufMessageReflection) // WithExclusionPolicy is an option for a ProtobufMessageReflection // WithExclusionPolicy acts as a deny filter on the fields of a protobuf message // i.e. prevents them from being included in the schema. // A use case for this is to exclude fields containing PII. func WithExclusionPolicy(ex func(pfr *ProtobufFieldReflection) bool) option { return func(psr *ProtobufMessageReflection) { psr.exclusionPolicy = ex } } // WithFieldNameFormatter is an option for a ProtobufMessageReflection // WithFieldNameFormatter enables customisation of the field names in the arrow schema // By default, the field names are taken from the protobuf message (.proto file) func WithFieldNameFormatter(formatter func(str string) string) option { return func(psr *ProtobufMessageReflection) { psr.fieldNameFormatter = formatter } } // WithOneOfHandler is an option for a ProtobufMessageReflection // WithOneOfHandler enables customisation of the protobuf oneOf type in the arrow schema // By default, the oneOfs are mapped to separate columns func WithOneOfHandler(oneOfHandler ProtobufTypeHandler) option { return func(psr *ProtobufMessageReflection) { psr.oneOfHandler = oneOfHandler } } // WithEnumHandler is an option for a ProtobufMessageReflection // WithEnumHandler enables customisation of the protobuf Enum type in the arrow schema // By default, the Enums are mapped to arrow.Dictionary func WithEnumHandler(enumHandler ProtobufTypeHandler) option { return func(psr *ProtobufMessageReflection) { psr.enumHandler = enumHandler } } // AppendValueOrNull add the value of a protobuf field to an arrow array builder func (f ProtobufMessageFieldReflection) AppendValueOrNull(b array.Builder, mem memory.Allocator) error { pv := f.protoreflectValue() fd := f.GetDescriptor() if f.isNull() { b.AppendNull() return nil } switch b.Type().ID() { case arrow.STRING: if f.protobufReflection.isEnum() { b.(*array.StringBuilder).Append(string(fd.Enum().Values().ByNumber(pv.Enum()).Name())) } else { b.(*array.StringBuilder).Append(pv.String()) } case arrow.BINARY: b.(*array.BinaryBuilder).Append(pv.Bytes()) case arrow.INT32: if f.protobufReflection.isEnum() { b.(*array.Int32Builder).Append(int32(f.reflectValue().Int())) } else { b.(*array.Int32Builder).Append(int32(pv.Int())) } case arrow.INT64: b.(*array.Int64Builder).Append(pv.Int()) case arrow.FLOAT64: b.(*array.Float64Builder).Append(pv.Float()) case arrow.UINT32: b.(*array.Uint32Builder).Append(uint32(pv.Uint())) case arrow.UINT64: b.(*array.Uint64Builder).Append(pv.Uint()) case arrow.BOOL: b.(*array.BooleanBuilder).Append(pv.Bool()) case arrow.DENSE_UNION: ub := b.(array.UnionBuilder) pur := f.asUnion() if pur.whichOne() == -1 { ub.AppendNull() break } ub.Append(pur.whichOne()) cb := ub.Child(int(pur.whichOne())) err := ProtobufMessageFieldReflection{ parent: f.parent, protobufReflection: pur.getField(), Field: pur.arrowField(), }.AppendValueOrNull(cb, mem) if err != nil { return err } case arrow.DICTIONARY: pdr := f.asDictionary() db := b.(*array.BinaryDictionaryBuilder) err := db.InsertStringDictValues(pdr.getDictValues(mem).(*array.String)) if err != nil { return err } enumNum := int(f.reflectValue().Int()) enumVal := fd.Enum().Values().ByNumber(protoreflect.EnumNumber(enumNum)).Name() err = db.AppendValueFromString(string(enumVal)) if err != nil { return err } case arrow.STRUCT: sb := b.(*array.StructBuilder) sb.Append(true) child := ProtobufMessageFieldReflection{ parent: f.parent, } for i, field := range f.Field.Type.(*arrow.StructType).Fields() { child.protobufReflection = f.asStruct().getFieldByName(field.Name) child.Field = field err := child.AppendValueOrNull(sb.FieldBuilder(i), mem) if err != nil { return err } } case arrow.LIST: lb := b.(*array.ListBuilder) l := pv.List().Len() if l == 0 { lb.AppendEmptyValue() break } lb.ValueBuilder().Reserve(l) lb.Append(true) child := ProtobufMessageFieldReflection{ parent: f.parent, Field: f.Field.Type.(*arrow.ListType).ElemField(), } for li := range f.asList().generateListItems() { child.protobufReflection = &li err := child.AppendValueOrNull(lb.ValueBuilder(), mem) if err != nil { return err } } case arrow.MAP: mb := b.(*array.MapBuilder) l := pv.Map().Len() if l == 0 { mb.AppendEmptyValue() break } mb.KeyBuilder().Reserve(l) mb.ItemBuilder().Reserve(l) mb.Append(true) k := ProtobufMessageFieldReflection{ parent: f.parent, Field: f.Field.Type.(*arrow.MapType).KeyField(), } v := ProtobufMessageFieldReflection{ parent: f.parent, Field: f.Field.Type.(*arrow.MapType).ItemField(), } for kvp := range f.asMap().generateKeyValuePairs() { k.protobufReflection = &kvp.k err := k.AppendValueOrNull(mb.KeyBuilder(), mem) if err != nil { return err } v.protobufReflection = &kvp.v err = v.AppendValueOrNull(mb.ItemBuilder(), mem) if err != nil { return err } } default: return fmt.Errorf("not able to appendValueOrNull for type %s", b.Type().ID()) } return nil }