cast.go

package struct2

import (
	"fmt"
	"html/template"
	"reflect"
	"strconv"
)

// toStringE casts an interface to a string type.
// Taken from github.com/spf13/cast. All rights reserved.
func toStringE(i interface{}) (string, error) {
	i = indirectToStringerOrError(i)
	switch s := i.(type) {
	case string:
		return s, nil
	case fmt.Stringer:
		return s.String(), nil
	case bool:
		return strconv.FormatBool(s), nil
	case float64:
		return strconv.FormatFloat(s, 'f', -1, 64), nil
	case float32:
		return strconv.FormatFloat(float64(s), 'f', -1, 32), nil
	case int:
		return strconv.Itoa(s), nil
	case int64:
		return strconv.FormatInt(s, 10), nil
	case int32:
		return strconv.Itoa(int(s)), nil
	case int16:
		return strconv.FormatInt(int64(s), 10), nil
	case int8:
		return strconv.FormatInt(int64(s), 10), nil
	case uint:
		return strconv.FormatUint(uint64(s), 10), nil
	case uint64:
		return strconv.FormatUint(uint64(s), 10), nil
	case uint32:
		return strconv.FormatUint(uint64(s), 10), nil
	case uint16:
		return strconv.FormatUint(uint64(s), 10), nil
	case uint8:
		return strconv.FormatUint(uint64(s), 10), nil
	case []byte:
		return string(s), nil
	case template.HTML:
		return string(s), nil
	case template.URL:
		return string(s), nil
	case template.JS:
		return string(s), nil
	case template.CSS:
		return string(s), nil
	case template.HTMLAttr:
		return string(s), nil
	case nil:
		return "", nil
	case error:
		return s.Error(), nil
	default:
		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to cast %#v of type %T to string", i, i)
	}
}

// From html/template/content.go
// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// indirectToStringerOrError returns the value, after dereferencing as many times
// as necessary to reach the base type (or nil) or an implementation of fmt.Stringer
// or error,
func indirectToStringerOrError(a interface{}) interface{} {
	if a == nil {
		return nil
	}

	errorType := reflect.TypeOf((*error)(nil)).Elem()
	fmtStringerType := reflect.TypeOf((*fmt.Stringer)(nil)).Elem()

	v := reflect.ValueOf(a)
	for !v.Type().Implements(fmtStringerType) && !v.Type().Implements(errorType) && v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && !v.IsNil() {
		v = v.Elem()
	}
	return v.Interface()
}