Add helpers.AppendSliceUnique. Closes #85

helpers/reflect.go

@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ func DereferencePointer(val interface{}) interface{} {
 }
 
 /*
-	TODO: add support for multi-dimensional arrays
- 	like - arr[1][2] arr[1][2][3] and so on..
+		TODO: add support for multi-dimensional arrays
+	 	like - arr[1][2] arr[1][2][3] and so on..
 */
 func IsFieldArray(fieldName string) (string, int, bool) {
 	r := regexp.MustCompile(`^(.*)\[(\d+)\]$`)
@@ -146,3 +146,28 @@ func ExecuteMethod(item interface{}, methodName string) (returnValues []interfac
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+// StructToMap uses reflection to convert a struct to a map
+func StructToMap(s any) map[string]any {
+	result := make(map[string]any)
+	val := reflect.ValueOf(s)
+
+	// We only accept structs
+	if val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		val = val.Elem()
+	}
+
+	if val.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+		fmt.Println("Expecting a struct")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < val.NumField(); i++ {
+		field := val.Type().Field(i)
+		value := val.Field(i).Interface()
+
+		result[field.Name] = value
+	}
+
+	return result
+}

helpers/slice.go

@@ -49,3 +49,21 @@ func ToTypedSlice[T any](input []any) []T {
 	}
 	return res
 }
+
+// AppendSliceUnique appends elements from slice2 to slice1, omitting duplicates.
+func AppendSliceUnique[T comparable](slice1, slice2 []T) []T {
+	// Map existing elements of slice1 for quick lookup
+	exists := SliceToLookup(slice1)
+	result := make([]T, len(slice1))
+	copy(result, slice1)
+
+	// Check each element in slice2; if not a duplicate, append it to the result
+	for _, item := range slice2 {
+		if _, dupe := exists[item]; !dupe {
+			result = append(result, item)
+			exists[item] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result
+}

helpers/slice_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package helpers
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestAppendUnique(t *testing.T) {
+	type args[T comparable] struct {
+		slice1 []T
+		slice2 []T
+	}
+	type testCase[T comparable] struct {
+		name string
+		args args[T]
+		want []T
+	}
+	tests := []testCase[string]{
+		{
+			name: "empty slices",
+			args: args[string]{slice1: []string{}, slice2: []string{}},
+			want: []string{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty slice1",
+			args: args[string]{slice1: []string{}, slice2: []string{"a", "b"}},
+			want: []string{"a", "b"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty slice2",
+			args: args[string]{slice1: []string{"a", "b"}, slice2: []string{}},
+			want: []string{"a", "b"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no duplicates",
+			args: args[string]{slice1: []string{"a", "b"}, slice2: []string{"c", "d"}},
+			want: []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "duplicates",
+			args: args[string]{slice1: []string{"a", "b"}, slice2: []string{"b", "c"}},
+			want: []string{"a", "b", "c"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "duplicates in both slices",
+			args: args[string]{slice1: []string{"a", "b", "c"}, slice2: []string{"b", "c", "d"}},
+			want: []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equalf(t, tt.want, AppendSliceUnique(tt.args.slice1, tt.args.slice2), "AppendSliceUnique(%v, %v)", tt.args.slice1, tt.args.slice2)
+		})
+	}
+}