Feature/525 return findings for ContainElement

docs/index.md

@@ -886,6 +886,13 @@ succeeds if the capacity of `ACTUAL` is `INT`. `ACTUAL` must be of type `array`,
 Ω(ACTUAL).Should(ContainElement(ELEMENT))
 ```
 
+or
+
+```go
+Ω(ACTUAL).Should(ContainElement(ELEMENT, <Pointer>))
+```
+
+
 succeeds if `ACTUAL` contains an element that equals `ELEMENT`.  `ACTUAL` must be an `array`, `slice`, or `map` -- anything else is an error.  For `map`s `ContainElement` searches through the map's values (not keys!).
 
 By default `ContainElement()` uses the `Equal()` matcher under the hood to assert equality between `ACTUAL`'s elements and `ELEMENT`.  You can change this, however, by passing `ContainElement` a `GomegaMatcher`. For example, to check that a slice of strings has an element that matches a substring:
@@ -894,6 +901,29 @@ By default `ContainElement()` uses the `Equal()` matcher under the hood to asser
 Ω([]string{"Foo", "FooBar"}).Should(ContainElement(ContainSubstring("Bar")))
 ```
 
+In addition, there are occasions when you need to grab (all) matching contained elements, for instance, to make several assertions against the matching contained elements. To do this, you can ask the `ContainElement` matcher for the matching contained elements by passing it a pointer to a variable of the appropriate type. If multiple matching contained elements are expected, then a pointer to either a slice or a map should be passed (but not a pointer to an array), otherwise a pointer to a scalar (non-slice, non-map):
+
+```go
+var findings []string
+Ω([]string{"foo", "foobar", "bar"}).Should(ContainElement(ContainSubstring("foo"), &findings))
+
+var finding string
+Ω([]string{"foo", "foobar", "bar"}).Should(ContainElement("foobar", &finding))
+```
+
+The `ContainElement` matcher will fail with a descriptive error message in case of multiple matches when the pointer references a scalar type.
+
+In case of maps, the matching contained elements will be returned with their keys in the map referenced by the pointer.
+
+```go
+var findings map[int]string
+Ω(map[int]string{
+    1: "bar",
+    2: "foobar",
+    3: "foo",
+}).Should(ContainElement(ContainSubstring("foo"), &findings))
+```
+
 #### ContainElements(element ...interface{})
 
 ```go

matchers.go

@@ -256,16 +256,26 @@ func BeZero() types.GomegaMatcher {
 	return &matchers.BeZeroMatcher{}
 }
 
-//ContainElement succeeds if actual contains the passed in element.
-//By default ContainElement() uses Equal() to perform the match, however a
-//matcher can be passed in instead:
+//ContainElement succeeds if actual contains the passed in element. By default
+//ContainElement() uses Equal() to perform the match, however a matcher can be
+//passed in instead:
 //    Expect([]string{"Foo", "FooBar"}).Should(ContainElement(ContainSubstring("Bar")))
 //
-//Actual must be an array, slice or map.
-//For maps, ContainElement searches through the map's values.
-func ContainElement(element interface{}) types.GomegaMatcher {
+//Actual must be an array, slice or map. For maps, ContainElement searches
+//through the map's values.
+//
+//If you want to have a copy of the matching element(s) found you can pass a
+//pointer to a variable of the appropriate type. If the variable isn't a slice
+//or map, then exactly one match will be expected and returned. If the variable
+//is a slice or map, then at least one match is expected and all matches will be
+//stored in the variable.
+//
+//    var findings []string
+//    Expect([]string{"Foo", "FooBar"}).Should(ContainElement(ContainSubString("Bar", &findings)))
+func ContainElement(element interface{}, result ...interface{}) types.GomegaMatcher {
 	return &matchers.ContainElementMatcher{
 		Element: element,
+		Result:  result,
 	}
 }
 

matchers/contain_element_matcher.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package matchers
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 
@@ -11,44 +12,157 @@ import (
 
 type ContainElementMatcher struct {
 	Element interface{}
+	Result  []interface{}
 }
 
 func (matcher *ContainElementMatcher) Match(actual interface{}) (success bool, err error) {
 	if !isArrayOrSlice(actual) && !isMap(actual) {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("ContainElement matcher expects an array/slice/map.  Got:\n%s", format.Object(actual, 1))
 	}
 
+	var actualT reflect.Type
+	var result reflect.Value
+	switch l := len(matcher.Result); {
+	case l > 1:
+		return false, errors.New("ContainElement matcher expects at most a single optional pointer to store its findings at")
+	case l == 1:
+		if reflect.ValueOf(matcher.Result[0]).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("ContainElement matcher expects a non-nil pointer to store its findings at.  Got\n%s",
+				format.Object(matcher.Result[0], 1))
+		}
+		actualT = reflect.TypeOf(actual)
+		resultReference := matcher.Result[0]
+		result = reflect.ValueOf(resultReference).Elem() // what ResultReference points to, to stash away our findings
+		switch result.Kind() {
+		case reflect.Array:
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("ContainElement cannot return findings.  Need *%s, got *%s",
+				reflect.SliceOf(actualT.Elem()).String(), result.Type().String())
+		case reflect.Slice:
+			if !isArrayOrSlice(actual) {
+				return false, fmt.Errorf("ContainElement cannot return findings.  Need *%s, got *%s",
+					reflect.MapOf(actualT.Key(), actualT.Elem()).String(), result.Type().String())
+			}
+			if !actualT.Elem().AssignableTo(result.Type().Elem()) {
+				return false, fmt.Errorf("ContainElement cannot return findings.  Need *%s, got *%s",
+					actualT.String(), result.Type().String())
+			}
+		case reflect.Map:
+			if !isMap(actual) {
+				return false, fmt.Errorf("ContainElement cannot return findings.  Need *%s, got *%s",
+					actualT.String(), result.Type().String())
+			}
+			if !actualT.AssignableTo(result.Type()) {
+				return false, fmt.Errorf("ContainElement cannot return findings.  Need *%s, got *%s",
+					actualT.String(), result.Type().String())
+			}
+		default:
+			if !actualT.Elem().AssignableTo(result.Type()) {
+				return false, fmt.Errorf("ContainElement cannot return findings.  Need *%s, got *%s",
+					actualT.Elem().String(), result.Type().String())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	elemMatcher, elementIsMatcher := matcher.Element.(omegaMatcher)
 	if !elementIsMatcher {
 		elemMatcher = &EqualMatcher{Expected: matcher.Element}
 	}
 
 	value := reflect.ValueOf(actual)
 	var valueAt func(int) interface{}
+
+	var getFindings func() reflect.Value
+	var foundAt func(int)
+
 	if isMap(actual) {
 		keys := value.MapKeys()
 		valueAt = func(i int) interface{} {
 			return value.MapIndex(keys[i]).Interface()
 		}
+		if result.Kind() != reflect.Invalid {
+			fm := reflect.MakeMap(actualT)
+			getFindings = func() reflect.Value {
+				return fm
+			}
+			foundAt = func(i int) {
+				fm.SetMapIndex(keys[i], value.MapIndex(keys[i]))
+			}
+		}
 	} else {
 		valueAt = func(i int) interface{} {
 			return value.Index(i).Interface()
 		}
+		if result.Kind() != reflect.Invalid {
+			var f reflect.Value
+			if result.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+				f = reflect.MakeSlice(result.Type(), 0, 0)
+			} else {
+				f = reflect.MakeSlice(reflect.SliceOf(result.Type()), 0, 0)
+			}
+			getFindings = func() reflect.Value {
+				return f
+			}
+			foundAt = func(i int) {
+				f = reflect.Append(f, value.Index(i))
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	var lastError error
 	for i := 0; i < value.Len(); i++ {
-		success, err := elemMatcher.Match(valueAt(i))
+		elem := valueAt(i)
+		success, err := elemMatcher.Match(elem)
 		if err != nil {
 			lastError = err
 			continue
 		}
 		if success {
-			return true, nil
+			if result.Kind() == reflect.Invalid {
+				return true, nil
+			}
+			foundAt(i)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return false, lastError
+	// when the expectation isn't interested in the findings except for success
+	// or non-success, then we're done here and return the last matcher error
+	// seen, if any, as well as non-success.
+	if result.Kind() == reflect.Invalid {
+		return false, lastError
+	}
+
+	// pick up any findings the test is interested in as it specified a non-nil
+	// result reference. However, the expection always is that there are at
+	// least one or multiple findings. So, if a result is expected, but we had
+	// no findings, then this is an error.
+	findings := getFindings()
+	if findings.Len() == 0 {
+		return false, lastError
+	}
+
+	// there's just a single finding and the result is neither a slice nor a map
+	// (so it's a scalar): pick the one and only finding and return it in the
+	// place the reference points to.
+	if findings.Len() == 1 && !isArrayOrSlice(result.Interface()) && !isMap(result.Interface()) {
+		if isMap(actual) {
+			miter := findings.MapRange()
+			miter.Next()
+			result.Set(miter.Value())
+		} else {
+			result.Set(findings.Index(0))
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	// at least one or even multiple findings and a the result references a
+	// slice or a map, so all we need to do is to store our findings where the
+	// reference points to.
+	if !findings.Type().AssignableTo(result.Type()) {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("ContainElement cannot return multiple findings.  Need *%s, got *%s",
+			findings.Type().String(), result.Type().String())
+	}
+	result.Set(findings)
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 func (matcher *ContainElementMatcher) FailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {