From 7e16e799e440ca5caee8d3ddda7c4e7e0bf2b44a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20Schw=C3=B6rer?= <pubgit@mikescher.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:51:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] v0.0.381

---
 goextVersion.go            |  4 +--
 reflectext/convertToMap.go | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 reflectext/convertToMap.go

diff --git a/goextVersion.go b/goextVersion.go
index 0378768..817c11d 100644
--- a/goextVersion.go
+++ b/goextVersion.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package goext
 
-const GoextVersion = "0.0.380"
+const GoextVersion = "0.0.381"
 
-const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-01-22T12:33:41+0100"
+const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-01-23T17:51:52+0100"
diff --git a/reflectext/convertToMap.go b/reflectext/convertToMap.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8721b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reflectext/convertToMap.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package reflectext
+
+import "reflect"
+
+func ConvertStructToMap(v any) any {
+	return reflectToMap(reflect.ValueOf(v))
+}
+
+func reflectToMap(fv reflect.Value) any {
+
+	if fv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+
+		if fv.IsNil() {
+			return nil
+		} else {
+			return reflectToMap(fv.Elem())
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	if fv.Kind() == reflect.Func {
+
+		// skip
+		return nil
+
+	}
+
+	if fv.Kind() == reflect.Array {
+
+		arrlen := fv.Len()
+		arr := make([]any, arrlen)
+		for i := 0; i < arrlen; i++ {
+			arr[i] = reflectToMap(fv.Index(i))
+		}
+		return arr
+
+	}
+
+	if fv.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+
+		arrlen := fv.Len()
+		arr := make([]any, arrlen)
+		for i := 0; i < arrlen; i++ {
+			arr[i] = reflectToMap(fv.Index(i))
+		}
+		return arr
+
+	}
+
+	if fv.Kind() == reflect.Chan {
+
+		// skip
+		return nil
+
+	}
+
+	if fv.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+
+		res := make(map[string]any)
+
+		for i := 0; i < fv.NumField(); i++ {
+			if fv.Type().Field(i).IsExported() {
+				res[fv.Type().Field(i).Name] = reflectToMap(fv.Field(i))
+			}
+		}
+
+		return res
+
+	}
+
+	return fv.Interface()
+}