func GetHintAsConfigs()

in utils/hints.go [158:178]

• 19 lines of code
• 5 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

func GetHintAsConfigs(hints mapstr.M, key string) []mapstr.M {
	if str := GetHintString(hints, key, "raw"); str != "" {
		// check if it is a single config
		if str[0] != '[' {
			cfg := mapstr.M{}
			if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &cfg); err != nil {
				logp.NewLogger(logName).Debugw("Unable to unmarshal json due to error", "error", err)
				return nil
			}
			return []mapstr.M{cfg}
		}

		var cfg []mapstr.M
		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &cfg); err != nil {
			logp.NewLogger(logName).Debugw("Unable to unmarshal json due to error", "error", err)
			return nil
		}
		return cfg
	}
	return nil
}