func convertField()

in metric/metric.go [274:372]


func convertField(v interface{}) interface{} {
	switch v := v.(type) {
	case float64:
		return v
	case int64:
		return v
	case string:
		return v
	case bool:
		return v
	case int:
		return int64(v)
	case uint:
		return uint64(v)
	case uint64:
		return v
	case []byte:
		return string(v)
	case int32:
		return int64(v)
	case int16:
		return int64(v)
	case int8:
		return int64(v)
	case uint32:
		return uint64(v)
	case uint16:
		return uint64(v)
	case uint8:
		return uint64(v)
	case float32:
		return float64(v)
	case *float64:
		if v != nil {
			return *v
		}
	case *int64:
		if v != nil {
			return *v
		}
	case *string:
		if v != nil {
			return *v
		}
	case *bool:
		if v != nil {
			return *v
		}
	case *int:
		if v != nil {
			return int64(*v)
		}
	case *uint:
		if v != nil {
			return uint64(*v)
		}
	case *uint64:
		if v != nil {
			return *v
		}
	case *[]byte:
		if v != nil {
			return string(*v)
		}
	case *int32:
		if v != nil {
			return int64(*v)
		}
	case *int16:
		if v != nil {
			return int64(*v)
		}
	case *int8:
		if v != nil {
			return int64(*v)
		}
	case *uint32:
		if v != nil {
			return uint64(*v)
		}
	case *uint16:
		if v != nil {
			return uint64(*v)
		}
	case *uint8:
		if v != nil {
			return uint64(*v)
		}
	case *float32:
		if v != nil {
			return float64(*v)
		}
	default:
		//TODO: change here once we figure out how to handle our own map-based metric definition
		//return v here because we don't want to return nil for unknown types
		return v
	}
	return nil
}