convert.go

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package types

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"html/template"

	"github.com/spf13/cast"
)

// ToStringSlicePreserveString converts v to a string slice.
// If v is a string, it will be wrapped in a string slice.
func ToStringSlicePreserveString(v interface{}) []string {
	if v == nil {
		return nil
	}
	if sds, ok := v.(string); ok {
		return []string{sds}
	}
	return cast.ToStringSlice(v)
}

// TypeToString converts v to a string if it's a valid string type.
// Note that this will not try to convert numeric values etc.,
// use ToString for that.
func TypeToString(v interface{}) (string, bool) {
	switch s := v.(type) {
	case string:
		return s, true
	case template.HTML:
		return string(s), true
	case template.CSS:
		return string(s), true
	case template.HTMLAttr:
		return string(s), true
	case template.JS:
		return string(s), true
	case template.JSStr:
		return string(s), true
	case template.URL:
		return string(s), true
	case template.Srcset:
		return string(s), true
	}

	return "", false
}

// ToString converts v to a string.
func ToString(v interface{}) string {
	s, _ := ToStringE(v)
	return s
}

// ToStringE converts v to a string.
func ToStringE(v interface{}) (string, error) {
	if s, ok := TypeToString(v); ok {
		return s, nil
	}

	switch s := v.(type) {
	case json.RawMessage:
		return string(s), nil
	default:
		return cast.ToStringE(v)
	}
}