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Golang Custom Struct Tags Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"reflect"
)
// Name of the struct tag used in examples
const tagName = "validate"
type User struct {
Id int `validate:"-"`
Name string `validate:"presence,min=2,max=32"`
Email string `validate:"email,required"`
}
func main() {
user := User{
Id: 1,
Name: "John Doe",
Email: "john@example",
}
// TypeOf returns the reflection Type that represents the dynamic type of variable.
// If variable is a nil interface value, TypeOf returns nil.
t := reflect.TypeOf(user)
// Get the type and kind of our user variable
fmt.Println("Type:", t.Name())
fmt.Println("Kind:", t.Kind())
// Iterate over all available fields and read the tag value
for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
// Get the field, returns https://golang.org/pkg/reflect/#StructField
field := t.Field(i)
// Get the field tag value
tag := field.Tag.Get(tagName)
fmt.Printf("%d. %v (%v), tag: '%v'\n", i+1, field.Name, field.Type.Name(), tag)
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"reflect"
"regexp"
"strings"
)
// Name of the struct tag used in examples.
const tagName = "validate"
// Regular expression to validate email address.
var mailRe = regexp.MustCompile(`\A[\w+\-.]+@[a-z\d\-]+(\.[a-z]+)*\.[a-z]+\z`)
// Generic data validator.
type Validator interface {
// Validate method performs validation and returns result and optional error.
Validate(interface{}) (bool, error)
}
// DefaultValidator does not perform any validations.
type DefaultValidator struct {
}
func (v DefaultValidator) Validate(val interface{}) (bool, error) {
return true, nil
}
// StringValidator validates string presence and/or its length.
type StringValidator struct {
Min int
Max int
}
func (v StringValidator) Validate(val interface{}) (bool, error) {
l := len(val.(string))
if l == 0 {
return false, fmt.Errorf("cannot be blank")
}
if l < v.Min {
return false, fmt.Errorf("should be at least %v chars long", v.Min)
}
if v.Max >= v.Min && l > v.Max {
return false, fmt.Errorf("should be less than %v chars long", v.Max)
}
return true, nil
}
// NumberValidator performs numerical value validation.
// Its limited to int type for simplicity.
type NumberValidator struct {
Min int
Max int
}
func (v NumberValidator) Validate(val interface{}) (bool, error) {
num := val.(int)
if num < v.Min {
return false, fmt.Errorf("should be greater than %v", v.Min)
}
if v.Max >= v.Min && num > v.Max {
return false, fmt.Errorf("should be less than %v", v.Max)
}
return true, nil
}
// EmailValidator checks if string is a valid email address.
type EmailValidator struct {
}
func (v EmailValidator) Validate(val interface{}) (bool, error) {
if !mailRe.MatchString(val.(string)) {
return false, fmt.Errorf("is not a valid email address")
}
return true, nil
}
// Returns validator struct corresponding to validation type
func getValidatorFromTag(tag string) Validator {
args := strings.Split(tag, ",")
switch args[0] {
case "number":
validator := NumberValidator{}
fmt.Sscanf(strings.Join(args[1:], ","), "min=%d,max=%d", &validator.Min, &validator.Max)
return validator
case "string":
validator := StringValidator{}
fmt.Sscanf(strings.Join(args[1:], ","), "min=%d,max=%d", &validator.Min, &validator.Max)
return validator
case "email":
return EmailValidator{}
}
return DefaultValidator{}
}
// Performs actual data validation using validator definitions on the struct
func validateStruct(s interface{}) []error {
errs := []error{}
// ValueOf returns a Value representing the run-time data
v := reflect.ValueOf(s)
for i := 0; i < v.NumField(); i++ {
// Get the field tag value
tag := v.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get(tagName)
// Skip if tag is not defined or ignored
if tag == "" || tag == "-" {
continue
}
// Get a validator that corresponds to a tag
validator := getValidatorFromTag(tag)
// Perform validation
valid, err := validator.Validate(v.Field(i).Interface())
// Append error to results
if !valid && err != nil {
errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("%s %s", v.Type().Field(i).Name, err.Error()))
}
}
return errs
}
type User struct {
Id int `validate:"number,min=1,max=1000"`
Name string `validate:"string,min=2,max=10"`
Bio string `validate:"string"`
Email string `validate:"email"`
}
func main() {
user := User{
Id: 0,
Name: "superlongstring",
Bio: "",
Email: "foobar",
}
fmt.Println("Errors:")
for i, err := range validateStruct(user) {
fmt.Printf("\t%d. %s\n", i+1, err.Error())
}
}
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