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vendor/github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure/mapstructure_examples_test.go

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+package mapstructure
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func ExampleDecode() {
+	type Person struct {
+		Name   string
+		Age    int
+		Emails []string
+		Extra  map[string]string
+	}
+
+	// This input can come from anywhere, but typically comes from
+	// something like decoding JSON where we're not quite sure of the
+	// struct initially.
+	input := map[string]interface{}{
+		"name":   "Mitchell",
+		"age":    91,
+		"emails": []string{"one", "two", "three"},
+		"extra": map[string]string{
+			"twitter": "mitchellh",
+		},
+	}
+
+	var result Person
+	err := Decode(input, &result)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("%#v", result)
+	// Output:
+	// mapstructure.Person{Name:"Mitchell", Age:91, Emails:[]string{"one", "two", "three"}, Extra:map[string]string{"twitter":"mitchellh"}}
+}
+
+func ExampleDecode_errors() {
+	type Person struct {
+		Name   string
+		Age    int
+		Emails []string
+		Extra  map[string]string
+	}
+
+	// This input can come from anywhere, but typically comes from
+	// something like decoding JSON where we're not quite sure of the
+	// struct initially.
+	input := map[string]interface{}{
+		"name":   123,
+		"age":    "bad value",
+		"emails": []int{1, 2, 3},
+	}
+
+	var result Person
+	err := Decode(input, &result)
+	if err == nil {
+		panic("should have an error")
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(err.Error())
+	// Output:
+	// 5 error(s) decoding:
+	//
+	// * 'Age' expected type 'int', got unconvertible type 'string'
+	// * 'Emails[0]' expected type 'string', got unconvertible type 'int'
+	// * 'Emails[1]' expected type 'string', got unconvertible type 'int'
+	// * 'Emails[2]' expected type 'string', got unconvertible type 'int'
+	// * 'Name' expected type 'string', got unconvertible type 'int'
+}
+
+func ExampleDecode_metadata() {
+	type Person struct {
+		Name string
+		Age  int
+	}
+
+	// This input can come from anywhere, but typically comes from
+	// something like decoding JSON where we're not quite sure of the
+	// struct initially.
+	input := map[string]interface{}{
+		"name":  "Mitchell",
+		"age":   91,
+		"email": "foo@bar.com",
+	}
+
+	// For metadata, we make a more advanced DecoderConfig so we can
+	// more finely configure the decoder that is used. In this case, we
+	// just tell the decoder we want to track metadata.
+	var md Metadata
+	var result Person
+	config := &DecoderConfig{
+		Metadata: &md,
+		Result:   &result,
+	}
+
+	decoder, err := NewDecoder(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := decoder.Decode(input); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Unused keys: %#v", md.Unused)
+	// Output:
+	// Unused keys: []string{"email"}
+}
+
+func ExampleDecode_weaklyTypedInput() {
+	type Person struct {
+		Name   string
+		Age    int
+		Emails []string
+	}
+
+	// This input can come from anywhere, but typically comes from
+	// something like decoding JSON, generated by a weakly typed language
+	// such as PHP.
+	input := map[string]interface{}{
+		"name":   123,                      // number => string
+		"age":    "42",                     // string => number
+		"emails": map[string]interface{}{}, // empty map => empty array
+	}
+
+	var result Person
+	config := &DecoderConfig{
+		WeaklyTypedInput: true,
+		Result:           &result,
+	}
+
+	decoder, err := NewDecoder(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	err = decoder.Decode(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("%#v", result)
+	// Output: mapstructure.Person{Name:"123", Age:42, Emails:[]string{}}
+}
+
+func ExampleDecode_tags() {
+	// Note that the mapstructure tags defined in the struct type
+	// can indicate which fields the values are mapped to.
+	type Person struct {
+		Name string `mapstructure:"person_name"`
+		Age  int    `mapstructure:"person_age"`
+	}
+
+	input := map[string]interface{}{
+		"person_name": "Mitchell",
+		"person_age":  91,
+	}
+
+	var result Person
+	err := Decode(input, &result)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("%#v", result)
+	// Output:
+	// mapstructure.Person{Name:"Mitchell", Age:91}
+}
+
+func ExampleDecode_embeddedStruct() {
+	// Squashing multiple embedded structs is allowed using the squash tag.
+	// This is demonstrated by creating a composite struct of multiple types
+	// and decoding into it. In this case, a person can carry with it both
+	// a Family and a Location, as well as their own FirstName.
+	type Family struct {
+		LastName string
+	}
+	type Location struct {
+		City string
+	}
+	type Person struct {
+		Family    `mapstructure:",squash"`
+		Location  `mapstructure:",squash"`
+		FirstName string
+	}
+
+	input := map[string]interface{}{
+		"FirstName": "Mitchell",
+		"LastName":  "Hashimoto",
+		"City":      "San Francisco",
+	}
+
+	var result Person
+	err := Decode(input, &result)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("%s %s, %s", result.FirstName, result.LastName, result.City)
+	// Output:
+	// Mitchell Hashimoto, San Francisco
+}