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-rw-r--r--parse.go49
-rw-r--r--parse_test.go21
2 files changed, 59 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index f5fdd7f..26b530a 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ type spec struct {
env string
wasPresent bool
boolean bool
- fieldName string // for generating helpful errors
}
// ErrHelp indicates that -h or --help were provided
@@ -81,6 +80,19 @@ type Versioned interface {
Version() string
}
+// walkFields calls a function for each field of a struct, recursively expanding struct fields.
+func walkFields(v reflect.Value, visit func(field reflect.StructField, val reflect.Value, owner reflect.Type) bool) {
+ t := v.Type()
+ for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
+ field := t.Field(i)
+ val := v.Field(i)
+ expand := visit(field, val, t)
+ if expand && field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+ walkFields(val, visit)
+ }
+ }
+}
+
// NewParser constructs a parser from a list of destination structs
func NewParser(config Config, dests ...interface{}) (*Parser, error) {
p := Parser{
@@ -99,19 +111,22 @@ func NewParser(config Config, dests ...interface{}) (*Parser, error) {
panic(fmt.Sprintf("%T is not a struct pointer", dest))
}
- t := v.Type()
- for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
+ var errs []string
+ walkFields(v, func(field reflect.StructField, val reflect.Value, t reflect.Type) bool {
// Check for the ignore switch in the tag
- field := t.Field(i)
tag := field.Tag.Get("arg")
if tag == "-" {
- continue
+ return false
+ }
+
+ // If this is an embedded struct then recurse into its fields
+ if field.Anonymous && field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+ return true
}
spec := spec{
- long: strings.ToLower(field.Name),
- dest: v.Field(i),
- fieldName: t.Name() + "." + field.Name,
+ long: strings.ToLower(field.Name),
+ dest: val,
}
// Check whether this field is supported. It's good to do this here rather than
@@ -121,7 +136,9 @@ func NewParser(config Config, dests ...interface{}) (*Parser, error) {
var parseable bool
parseable, spec.boolean, spec.multiple = canParse(field.Type)
if !parseable {
- return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s.%s: %s fields are not supported", t.Name(), field.Name, field.Type.String())
+ errs = append(errs, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s: %s fields are not supported",
+ t.Name(), field.Name, field.Type.String()))
+ return false
}
// Look at the tag
@@ -138,7 +155,9 @@ func NewParser(config Config, dests ...interface{}) (*Parser, error) {
spec.long = key[2:]
case strings.HasPrefix(key, "-"):
if len(key) != 2 {
- return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s.%s: short arguments must be one character only", t.Name(), field.Name)
+ errs = append(errs, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s: short arguments must be one character only",
+ t.Name(), field.Name))
+ return false
}
spec.short = key[1:]
case key == "required":
@@ -155,11 +174,19 @@ func NewParser(config Config, dests ...interface{}) (*Parser, error) {
spec.env = strings.ToUpper(field.Name)
}
default:
- return nil, fmt.Errorf("unrecognized tag '%s' on field %s", key, tag)
+ errs = append(errs, fmt.Sprintf("unrecognized tag '%s' on field %s", key, tag))
+ return false
}
}
}
p.spec = append(p.spec, &spec)
+
+ // if this was an embedded field then we already returned true up above
+ return false
+ })
+
+ if len(errs) > 0 {
+ return nil, errors.New(strings.Join(errs, "\n"))
}
}
if p.config.Program == "" {
diff --git a/parse_test.go b/parse_test.go
index ab0cfd7..dffebf4 100644
--- a/parse_test.go
+++ b/parse_test.go
@@ -633,3 +633,24 @@ func TestInvalidMailAddr(t *testing.T) {
err := parse("--recipient xxx", &args)
assert.Error(t, err)
}
+
+type A struct {
+ X string
+}
+
+type B struct {
+ Y int
+}
+
+func TestEmbedded(t *testing.T) {
+ var args struct {
+ A
+ B
+ Z bool
+ }
+ err := parse("--x=hello --y=321 --z", &args)
+ require.NoError(t, err)
+ assert.Equal(t, "hello", args.X)
+ assert.Equal(t, 321, args.Y)
+ assert.Equal(t, true, args.Z)
+}