package form import ( "reflect" "strconv" ) // ExtractType gets the actual underlying type of field value. // it is exposed for use within you Custom Functions func ExtractType(current reflect.Value) (reflect.Value, reflect.Kind) { switch current.Kind() { case reflect.Ptr: if current.IsNil() { return current, reflect.Ptr } return ExtractType(current.Elem()) case reflect.Interface: if current.IsNil() { return current, reflect.Interface } return ExtractType(current.Elem()) default: return current, current.Kind() } } func parseBool(str string) (bool, error) { switch str { case "1", "t", "T", "true", "TRUE", "True", "on", "yes", "ok": return true, nil case "", "0", "f", "F", "false", "FALSE", "False", "off", "no": return false, nil } // strconv.NumError mimicing exactly the strconv.ParseBool(..) error and type // to ensure compatibility with std library and beyond. return false, &strconv.NumError{Func: "ParseBool", Num: str, Err: strconv.ErrSyntax} } // hasValue determines if a reflect.Value is it's default value func hasValue(field reflect.Value) bool { switch field.Kind() { case reflect.Slice, reflect.Map, reflect.Ptr, reflect.Interface, reflect.Chan, reflect.Func: return !field.IsNil() default: return field.IsValid() && field.Interface() != reflect.Zero(field.Type()).Interface() } }