// Copyright 2014 Manu Martinez-Almeida. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package binding import ( "errors" "reflect" "strings" ) func Validate(obj interface{}) error { return validate(obj, "{{ROOT}}") } func validate(obj interface{}, parent string) error { typ, val := inspectObject(obj) switch typ.Kind() { case reflect.Struct: return validateStruct(typ, val, parent) case reflect.Slice: return validateSlice(typ, val, parent) default: return errors.New("The object is not a slice or struct.") } } func inspectObject(obj interface{}) (typ reflect.Type, val reflect.Value) { typ = reflect.TypeOf(obj) val = reflect.ValueOf(obj) if typ.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { typ = typ.Elem() val = val.Elem() } return } func validateSlice(typ reflect.Type, val reflect.Value, parent string) error { if typ.Elem().Kind() == reflect.Struct { for i := 0; i < val.Len(); i++ { itemValue := val.Index(i).Interface() if err := validate(itemValue, parent); err != nil { return err } } } return nil } func validateStruct(typ reflect.Type, val reflect.Value, parent string) error { for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ { field := typ.Field(i) // Allow ignored and unexported fields in the struct // TODO should include || field.Tag.Get("form") == "-" if len(field.PkgPath) > 0 { continue } fieldValue := val.Field(i).Interface() requiredField := strings.Index(field.Tag.Get("binding"), "required") > -1 if requiredField { zero := reflect.Zero(field.Type).Interface() if reflect.DeepEqual(zero, fieldValue) { return errors.New("Required " + field.Name + " in " + parent) } } fieldType := field.Type.Kind() if fieldType == reflect.Struct || fieldType == reflect.Slice { if err := validate(fieldValue, field.Name); err != nil { return err } } } return nil }