document/internal/serde/serde.go

package serde

import (
	"reflect"
)

// Indirect will walk a value's interface or pointer value types. Returning
// the final value or the value a unmarshaler is defined on.
//
// Based on the enoding/json type reflect value type indirection in Go Stdlib
// https://golang.org/src/encoding/json/decode.go Indirect func.
func Indirect(v reflect.Value, decodingNull bool) reflect.Value {
	v0 := v
	haveAddr := false

	if v.Kind() != reflect.Ptr && v.Type().Name() != "" && v.CanAddr() {
		v = v.Addr()
		haveAddr = true
	}
	for {
		if v.Kind() == reflect.Interface && !v.IsNil() {
			e := v.Elem()
			if e.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && !e.IsNil() && (!decodingNull || e.Elem().Kind() == reflect.Ptr) {
				haveAddr = false
				v = e
				continue
			}
		}
		if v.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
			break
		}
		if v.Elem().Kind() != reflect.Ptr && decodingNull && v.CanSet() {
			break
		}
		if v.IsNil() {
			v.Set(reflect.New(v.Type().Elem()))
		}

		if haveAddr {
			v = v0
			haveAddr = false
		} else {
			v = v.Elem()
		}
	}

	return v
}

// PtrToValue given the input value will dereference pointers and returning the element pointed to.
func PtrToValue(in interface{}) interface{} {
	v := reflect.ValueOf(in)
	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
		v = v.Elem()
	}
	if !v.IsValid() {
		return nil
	}
	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
		return PtrToValue(v.Interface())
	}
	return v.Interface()
}

// IsZeroValue returns whether v is the zero-value for its type.
func IsZeroValue(v reflect.Value) bool {
	switch v.Kind() {
	case reflect.Invalid:
		return true
	case reflect.Array:
		return v.Len() == 0
	case reflect.Map, reflect.Slice:
		return v.IsNil()
	case reflect.String:
		return v.Len() == 0
	case reflect.Bool:
		return !v.Bool()
	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
		return v.Int() == 0
	case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64, reflect.Uintptr:
		return v.Uint() == 0
	case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
		return v.Float() == 0
	case reflect.Interface, reflect.Ptr:
		return v.IsNil()
	}
	return false
}

// ValueElem walks interface and pointer types and returns the underlying element.
func ValueElem(v reflect.Value) reflect.Value {
	switch v.Kind() {
	case reflect.Interface, reflect.Ptr:
		for v.Kind() == reflect.Interface || v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
			v = v.Elem()
		}
	}

	return v
}