About

This package provides functions for deep copying an arbitrary object in Go. The difference of this deepcopier from others is that this allows to use a custom function that modifies the copied data. Personally I use it to erase all the secrets from my data while doing a copy (that in turn is used for logging).

How to use

JUST DEEP COPY

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/xaionaro-go/object"
)

type myStruct struct {
	PublicData string
	SecretData string `secret:""`
}

func main() {
	value := myStruct{
		PublicData: "true == true",
		SecretData: "but there is a nuance",
	}

	censoredValue := object.DeepCopy(value)
	fmt.Println(censoredValue)
}

$ go run ./examples/object/
{true == true but there is a nuance}

REMOVE MY SECRETS

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/xaionaro-go/object"
)

type myStruct struct {
	PublicData string
	SecretData string `secret:""`
}

func main() {
	value := myStruct{
		PublicData: "true == true",
		SecretData: "but there is a nuance",
	}

	censoredValue := object.DeepCopyWithoutSecrets(value)
	fmt.Println(censoredValue)
}

$ go run ./examples/censoredvalue/
{true == true }

CUSTOM PROCESSING

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"reflect"

	"github.com/xaionaro-go/object"
)

type myStruct struct {
	PublicData string
	SecretData string `secret:""`
}

func main() {
	value := myStruct{
		PublicData: "true == true",
		SecretData: "but there is a nuance",
	}

	censoredValue := object.DeepCopy(value, object.OptionWithVisitorFunc(func(_ *object.ProcContext, v reflect.Value, sf *reflect.StructField) (reflect.Value, bool, error) {
		if sf == nil {
			return v, true, nil
		}
		switch sf.Name {
		case "PublicData":
			return reflect.ValueOf("true == false"), true, nil
		case "SecretData":
			return reflect.ValueOf("this is the nuance, sometimes"), true, nil
		}
		return v, true, nil
	}))
	fmt.Println(censoredValue)
}

$ go run ./examples/customprocessing/
{true == false this is the nuance, sometimes}