marshal.go

//
// Use and distribution licensed under the Apache license version 2.
//
// See the COPYING file in the root project directory for full text.
//

package ghw

import (
	"encoding/json"

	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
)

// safeYAML returns a string after marshalling the supplied parameter into YAML
func safeYAML(p interface{}) string {
	b, err := json.Marshal(p)
	if err != nil {
		warn("error marshalling JSON: %s", err)
		return ""
	}
	yb, err := yaml.JSONToYAML(b)
	if err != nil {
		warn("error converting JSON to YAML: %s", err)
		return ""
	}
	return string(yb)
}

// safeJSON returns a string after marshalling the supplied parameter into
// JSON. Accepts an optional argument to trigger pretty/indented formatting of
// the JSON string
func safeJSON(p interface{}, indent bool) string {
	var b []byte
	var err error
	if !indent {
		b, err = json.Marshal(p)
	} else {
		b, err = json.MarshalIndent(&p, "", "  ")
	}
	if err != nil {
		warn("error marshalling JSON: %s", err)
		return ""
	}
	return string(b)
}