// Package null contains types that consider zero input and null input as separate values. // Types in this package will always encode to their null value if null. // Use the zero subpackage if you want empty and null to be treated the same. package null import ( "database/sql" "encoding/json" "fmt" "reflect" ) // String is a nullable string. It supports SQL and JSON serialization. // It will marshal to null if null. Blank string input will be considered null. type String struct { sql.NullString } // StringFrom creates a new String that will never be blank. func StringFrom(s string) String { return NewString(s, true) } // StringFromPtr creates a new String that be null if s is nil. func StringFromPtr(s *string) String { if s == nil { return NewString("", false) } return NewString(*s, true) } // NewString creates a new String func NewString(s string, valid bool) String { return String{ NullString: sql.NullString{ String: s, Valid: valid, }, } } // UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler. // It supports string and null input. Blank string input produces a null String. // It also supports unmarshalling a sql.NullString. func (s *String) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error { var err error var v interface{} json.Unmarshal(data, &v) switch x := v.(type) { case string: s.String = x case map[string]interface{}: err = json.Unmarshal(data, &s.NullString) case nil: s.Valid = false return nil default: err = fmt.Errorf("json: cannot unmarshal %v into Go value of type null.String", reflect.TypeOf(v).Name()) } s.Valid = (err == nil) && (s.String != "") return err } // MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler. // It will encode null if this String is null. func (s String) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { if !s.Valid { return []byte("null"), nil } return json.Marshal(s.String) } // UnmarshalText implements encoding.TextUnmarshaler. // It will unmarshal to a null String if the input is a blank string. func (s *String) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error { s.String = string(text) s.Valid = s.String != "" return nil } // SetValid changes this String's value and also sets it to be non-null. func (s *String) SetValid(v string) { s.String = v s.Valid = true } // Ptr returns a pointer to this String's value, or a nil pointer if this String is null. func (s String) Ptr() *string { if !s.Valid { return nil } return &s.String } // IsZero returns true for null or empty strings, for future omitempty support. (Go 1.4?) // Will return false s if blank but non-null. func (s String) IsZero() bool { return !s.Valid }