func SetSlice()

in codec.go [435:466]

26 lines of code
6 McCabe index (conditional complexity)


func SetSlice(dest reflect.Value, objects interface{}) error {
	if objects == nil {
		return nil
	}

	dest = UnpackPtrValue(dest)
	destTyp := UnpackPtrType(dest.Type())
	elemKind := destTyp.Elem().Kind()
	if elemKind == reflect.Uint8 {
		// for binary
		dest.Set(EnsureRawValue(objects))
		return nil
	}

	if ref, ok := objects.(*_refHolder); ok {
		return unpackRefHolder(dest, destTyp, ref)
	}

	v := EnsurePackValue(objects)
	if h, ok := v.Interface().(*_refHolder); ok {
		// if the object is a ref one, just add the destination list to wait delay initialization
		h.add(dest)
		return nil
	}

	v, err := ConvertSliceValueType(destTyp, v)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	SetValue(dest, v)
	return nil
}