type value any

    move the common code here. add docs

1 files changed, 96 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/reflect.go b/reflect.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..783ecd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reflect.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package widget
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+func GetString(A any) string {
+	if A == nil {
+		// log.Warn("getString() got nil")
+		return ""
+	}
+	var k reflect.Kind
+	k = reflect.TypeOf(A).Kind()
+
+	switch k {
+	case reflect.Int:
+		var i int
+		i = A.(int)
+		return strconv.Itoa(i)
+	case reflect.String:
+		return A.(string)
+	case reflect.Bool:
+		if A.(bool) == true {
+			return "true"
+		} else {
+			return "false"
+		}
+	default:
+		// log.Warn("getString uknown kind", k, "value =", A)
+		return ""
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// work like unix os.Exec() ? everything other than 0 is false
+func GetBool(A any) bool {
+	if A == nil {
+		// log.Warn("getBool() got nil")
+		return false
+	}
+	var k reflect.Kind
+	k = reflect.TypeOf(A).Kind()
+
+	switch k {
+	case reflect.Int:
+		var i int
+		i = A.(int)
+		if i == 0 {
+			return true
+		} else {
+			return false
+		}
+	case reflect.String:
+		if A.(string) == "true" {
+			return true
+		} else {
+			return false
+		}
+	case reflect.Bool:
+		return A.(bool)
+	default:
+		// log.Warn("getString uknown kind", k, "value =", A)
+		return false
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// work like unix? everything other than 0 is false
+func GetInt(A any) int {
+	if A == nil {
+		// log.Warn("getBool() got nil")
+		return -1
+	}
+	var k reflect.Kind
+	k = reflect.TypeOf(A).Kind()
+
+	switch k {
+	case reflect.Int:
+		return A.(int)
+	case reflect.String:
+		tmp := A.(string)
+		i, _ := strconv.Atoi(tmp)
+		return i
+	case reflect.Bool:
+		if A.(bool) {
+			return 0
+		} else {
+			return -1
+		}
+	default:
+		// log.Warn("getString uknown kind", k, "value =", A)
+		return -1
+	}
+	return -1
+}