package reflectext import ( "reflect" ) var reflectBasicTypes = map[reflect.Kind]reflect.Type{ reflect.Bool: reflect.TypeOf(false), reflect.Int: reflect.TypeOf(int(0)), reflect.Int8: reflect.TypeOf(int8(0)), reflect.Int16: reflect.TypeOf(int16(0)), reflect.Int32: reflect.TypeOf(int32(0)), reflect.Int64: reflect.TypeOf(int64(0)), reflect.Uint: reflect.TypeOf(uint(0)), reflect.Uint8: reflect.TypeOf(uint8(0)), reflect.Uint16: reflect.TypeOf(uint16(0)), reflect.Uint32: reflect.TypeOf(uint32(0)), reflect.Uint64: reflect.TypeOf(uint64(0)), reflect.Uintptr: reflect.TypeOf(uintptr(0)), reflect.Float32: reflect.TypeOf(float32(0)), reflect.Float64: reflect.TypeOf(float64(0)), reflect.Complex64: reflect.TypeOf(complex64(0)), reflect.Complex128: reflect.TypeOf(complex128(0)), reflect.String: reflect.TypeOf(""), } // Underlying returns the underlying type of t (without type alias) // // https://github.com/golang/go/issues/39574#issuecomment-655664772 func Underlying(t reflect.Type) (ret reflect.Type) { if t.Name() == "" { // t is an unnamed type. the underlying type is t itself return t } kind := t.Kind() if ret = reflectBasicTypes[kind]; ret != nil { return ret } switch kind { case reflect.Array: ret = reflect.ArrayOf(t.Len(), t.Elem()) case reflect.Chan: ret = reflect.ChanOf(t.ChanDir(), t.Elem()) case reflect.Map: ret = reflect.MapOf(t.Key(), t.Elem()) case reflect.Func: nIn := t.NumIn() nOut := t.NumOut() in := make([]reflect.Type, nIn) out := make([]reflect.Type, nOut) for i := 0; i < nIn; i++ { in[i] = t.In(i) } for i := 0; i < nOut; i++ { out[i] = t.Out(i) } ret = reflect.FuncOf(in, out, t.IsVariadic()) case reflect.Interface: // not supported case reflect.Ptr: ret = reflect.PtrTo(t.Elem()) case reflect.Slice: ret = reflect.SliceOf(t.Elem()) case reflect.Struct: // only partially supported: embedded fields // and unexported fields may cause panic in reflect.StructOf() defer func() { // if a panic happens, return t unmodified if recover() != nil && ret == nil { ret = t } }() n := t.NumField() fields := make([]reflect.StructField, n) for i := 0; i < n; i++ { fields[i] = t.Field(i) } ret = reflect.StructOf(fields) } return ret } // TryCast works similar to `v2, ok := v.(T)` // Except it works through type alias' func TryCast[T any](v any) (T, bool) { underlying := Underlying(reflect.TypeOf(v)) def := *new(T) if underlying != Underlying(reflect.TypeOf(def)) { return def, false } r1 := reflect.ValueOf(v) if !r1.CanConvert(underlying) { return def, false } r2 := r1.Convert(underlying) r3 := r2.Interface() r4, ok := r3.(T) if !ok { return def, false } return r4, true } func TryCastType(v any, dest reflect.Type) (any, bool) { underlying := Underlying(reflect.TypeOf(v)) if underlying != Underlying(dest) { return nil, false } r1 := reflect.ValueOf(v) if !r1.CanConvert(underlying) { return nil, false } r2 := r1.Convert(underlying) if !r2.CanConvert(dest) { return nil, false } r4 := r2.Convert(dest) return r4.Interface(), true }