From 9584e4ea5c39e375b4635724e918682497c030ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manu Mtz-Almeida <manu.valladolid@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 20:34:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for #310

---
 binding/binding.go       | 13 +++++++++++++
 binding/validate_test.go | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/binding/binding.go b/binding/binding.go
index eb9aa6d8..5ca6dc7b 100644
--- a/binding/binding.go
+++ b/binding/binding.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package binding
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
 
 	"gopkg.in/bluesuncorp/validator.v5"
 )
@@ -56,8 +57,20 @@ func ValidateField(f interface{}, tag string) error {
 }
 
 func Validate(obj interface{}) error {
+	if kindOfData(obj) != reflect.Struct {
+		return nil
+	}
 	if err := validate.Struct(obj); err != nil {
 		return error(err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func kindOfData(data interface{}) reflect.Kind {
+	value := reflect.ValueOf(data)
+	valueType := value.Kind()
+	if valueType == reflect.Ptr {
+		valueType = value.Elem().Kind()
+	}
+	return valueType
+}
diff --git a/binding/validate_test.go b/binding/validate_test.go
index ba0c18c1..f4854105 100644
--- a/binding/validate_test.go
+++ b/binding/validate_test.go
@@ -51,3 +51,19 @@ func TestValidateGoodObject(t *testing.T) {
 	test := createStruct()
 	assert.Nil(t, Validate(&test))
 }
+
+type Object map[string]interface{}
+type MyObjects []Object
+
+func TestValidateSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	var obj MyObjects
+	var obj2 Object
+	var nu = 10
+
+	assert.NoError(t, Validate(obj))
+	assert.NoError(t, Validate(&obj))
+	assert.NoError(t, Validate(obj2))
+	assert.NoError(t, Validate(&obj2))
+	assert.NoError(t, Validate(nu))
+	assert.NoError(t, Validate(&nu))
+}