Merge pull request #95 from rezakhademix/remove-unnecessary-pointers

feat: removed unneccessary pointer

after.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) After(t, u time.Time, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) After(t, u time.Time, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(t.After(u), field, v.msg(After, msg, field, u))
 
 	return v

before.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) Before(t, u time.Time, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) Before(t, u time.Time, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(t.Before(u), field, v.msg(Before, msg, field, u))
 
 	return v

between.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) BetweenInt(i, min, max int, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) BetweenInt(i, min, max int, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(i >= min && i <= max, field, v.msg(Between, msg, field, min, max))
 
 	return v
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (v *Validator) BetweenInt(i, min, max int, field, msg string) *Validator {
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) BetweenFloat(f, min, max float64, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) BetweenFloat(f, min, max float64, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(f >= min && f <= max, field, v.msg(Between, msg, field, min, max))
 
 	return v

date.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) Date(layout, d, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) Date(layout, d, field, msg string) Validator {
 	_, err := time.Parse(layout, d)
 	if err != nil {
 		v.Check(false, field, v.msg(Date, msg, field))

default.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ package govalidator
 //	v := validator.New()
 //	var zeroKelvin int64
 //	v.DefaultInt(&zeroKelvin, -273)
-func (v *Validator) DefaultInt(i *int, val int) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) DefaultInt(i *int, val int) Validator {
 	if i == nil || *i == 0 {
 		*i = val
 	}
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (v *Validator) DefaultInt(i *int, val int) *Validator {
 //	v := validator.New()
 //	var f float64
 //	v.DefaultFloat(&f, 3.14)
-func (v *Validator) DefaultFloat(f *float64, val float64) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) DefaultFloat(f *float64, val float64) Validator {
 	if f == nil || *f == 0 {
 		*f = val
 	}
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (v *Validator) DefaultFloat(f *float64, val float64) *Validator {
 //	v := validator.New()
 //	var lang string
 //	v.DefaultString(&lang, "persian")
-func (v *Validator) DefaultString(s *string, val string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) DefaultString(s *string, val string) Validator {
 	if s == nil || *s == "" {
 		*s = val
 	}

default_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func Test_DefaultInt(t *testing.T) {
 		actual       int
 		expected     int
 		defaultValue int
-		setDefault   func(*int, int) *Validator
+		setDefault   func(*int, int) Validator
 	}{
 		{
 			name:         "Test default int of '3' wont be used if value is greater than 0 or nil",
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func Test_DefaultFloat(t *testing.T) {
 		actual       float64
 		expected     float64
 		defaultValue float64
-		setDefault   func(*float64, float64) *Validator
+		setDefault   func(*float64, float64) Validator
 	}{
 		{
 			name:         "Test default float of '5.0' won't be used if value is greater than 0.0 or nil",
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func Test_DefaultString(t *testing.T) {
 		actual       string
 		expected     string
 		defaultValue string
-		setDefault   func(*string, string) *Validator
+		setDefault   func(*string, string) Validator
 	}{
 		{
 			name:         "Test default string of 'something' won't be used if a value is already valid",

email.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) Email(s, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) Email(s, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.RegexMatches(s, EmailRegex, field, v.msg(Email, msg, field))
 
 	return v

exists.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) Exists(value any, table, column, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) Exists(value any, table, column, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(v.repo.Exists(value, table, column), field, v.msg(Exists, msg, field))
 
 	return v

ip.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) IP4(s, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) IP4(s, field, msg string) Validator {
 	ip := net.ParseIP(s)
 
 	v.Check(ip != nil && ip.To4() != nil, field, v.msg(IP4, msg, field))

len.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) LenString(s string, size int, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) LenString(s string, size int, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(utf8.RuneCountInString(strings.TrimSpace(s)) == size, field, v.msg(Len, msg, field, size))
 
 	return v
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (v *Validator) LenString(s string, size int, field, msg string) *Validator
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) LenInt(i, size int, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) LenInt(i, size int, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(len(strconv.Itoa(i)) == size, field, v.msg(Len, msg, field, size))
 
 	return v
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (v *Validator) LenInt(i, size int, field, msg string) *Validator {
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) LenSlice(s []any, size int, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) LenSlice(s []any, size int, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(len(s) == size, field, v.msg(LenList, msg, field, size))
 
 	return v

max.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) MaxInt(i, max int, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) MaxInt(i, max int, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(i <= max, field, v.msg(Max, msg, field, max))
 
 	return v
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (v *Validator) MaxInt(i, max int, field, msg string) *Validator {
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) MaxFloat(f, max float64, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) MaxFloat(f, max float64, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(f <= max, field, v.msg(Max, msg, field, max))
 
 	return v
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (v *Validator) MaxFloat(f, max float64, field, msg string) *Validator {
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) MaxString(s string, maxLen int, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) MaxString(s string, maxLen int, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(utf8.RuneCountInString(strings.TrimSpace(s)) <= maxLen, field, v.msg(MaxString, msg, field, maxLen))
 
 	return v

min.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) MinInt(i, min int, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) MinInt(i, min int, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(i >= min, field, v.msg(Min, msg, field, min))
 
 	return v
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (v *Validator) MinInt(i, min int, field, msg string) *Validator {
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) MinFloat(f, min float64, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) MinFloat(f, min float64, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(f >= min, field, v.msg(Min, msg, field, min))
 
 	return v
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (v *Validator) MinFloat(f, min float64, field, msg string) *Validator {
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) MinString(s string, minLen int, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) MinString(s string, minLen int, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(utf8.RuneCountInString(strings.TrimSpace(s)) >= minLen, field, v.msg(MinString, msg, field, minLen))
 
 	return v

notexists.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) NotExists(value any, table, column, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) NotExists(value any, table, column, field, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(!v.repo.Exists(value, table, column), field, v.msg(NotExists, msg, field))
 
 	return v

regex.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) RegexMatches(s string, pattern string, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) RegexMatches(s string, pattern string, field, msg string) Validator {
 	r := regexp.MustCompile(pattern)
 
 	v.Check(r.Match([]byte(s)), field, v.msg(Regex, msg))

required.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) RequiredString(s, field string, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) RequiredString(s, field string, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(strings.TrimSpace(s) != "", field, v.msg(Required, msg, field))
 
 	return v
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (v *Validator) RequiredString(s, field string, msg string) *Validator {
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) RequiredInt(i int, field string, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) RequiredInt(i int, field string, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(i != 0, field, v.msg(Required, msg, field))
 
 	return v
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (v *Validator) RequiredInt(i int, field string, msg string) *Validator {
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) RequiredSlice(s []any, field string, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) RequiredSlice(s []any, field string, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(len(s) > 0, field, v.msg(Required, msg, field))
 
 	return v
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (v *Validator) RequiredSlice(s []any, field string, msg string) *Validator
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) RequiredFloat(f float64, field string, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) RequiredFloat(f float64, field string, msg string) Validator {
 	v.Check(f != 0.0, field, v.msg(Required, msg, field))
 
 	return v

url.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) URL(s, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) URL(s, field, msg string) Validator {
 	u, err := url.Parse(s)
 
 	v.Check(err == nil && u.Scheme != "" && u.Host != "", field, v.msg(URL, msg, field))

uuid.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const (
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) UUID(u, field, msg string) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) UUID(u, field, msg string) Validator {
 	_, err := uuid.Parse(u)
 	if err != nil {
 		v.Check(false, field, v.msg(UUID, msg, field))

validator.go

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 // New will return a new validator
-func New() *Validator {
-	return &Validator{
+func New() Validator {
+	return Validator{
 		errs: make(map[string]string),
 	}
 }
@@ -59,45 +59,45 @@ func New() *Validator {
 // Example:
 //
 //	validator := New().WithRepo(myRepository)
-func (v *Validator) WithRepo(r Repository) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) WithRepo(r Repository) Validator {
 	v.repo = r
 
 	return v
 }
 
 // IsPassed checks if the validator result has passed or not.
-func (v *Validator) IsPassed() bool {
+func (v Validator) IsPassed() bool {
 	return len(v.Errors()) == 0
 }
 
 // IsFailed  checks if the validator result has failed or not.
-func (v *Validator) IsFailed() bool {
+func (v Validator) IsFailed() bool {
 	return !v.IsPassed()
 }
 
 // Errors returns a map of all validator rule errors.
-func (v *Validator) Errors() map[string]string {
+func (v Validator) Errors() map[string]string {
 	return v.errs
 }
 
 // Check is a dynamic method to define any custom validator rule by passing a rule as a function or expression
 // which will return a boolean.
-func (v *Validator) Check(ok bool, field, msg string) {
+func (v Validator) Check(ok bool, field, msg string) {
 	if !ok {
 		v.addError(field, msg)
 	}
 }
 
 // addError fills the errors map and prevents duplicate fields from being added to validator errors.
-func (v *Validator) addError(field, msg string) {
+func (v Validator) addError(field, msg string) {
 	if _, exists := v.Errors()[field]; !exists {
 		v.Errors()[field] = msg
 	}
 }
 
 // msg returns the error message. If a custom error message is set, it returns the formatted custom message;
 // otherwise, it returns the default message for the rule which has been set on the validator.
-func (v *Validator) msg(method, msg string, fieldArgs ...any) string {
+func (v Validator) msg(method, msg string, fieldArgs ...any) string {
 	if msg != "" {
 		return msg
 	}

when.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ package govalidator
 //	if v.IsFailed() {
 //		 fmt.Printf("validation errors: %#v\n", v.Errors())
 //	}
-func (v *Validator) When(condition bool, f func()) *Validator {
+func (v Validator) When(condition bool, f func()) Validator {
 	if condition {
 		f()
 	}