Allow defaults library to use UnmarshalText() and UnmarshalJSON() int…

…erface to initialize values

defaults.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"encoding"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"reflect"
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ func setField(field reflect.Value, defaultVal string) error {
 
 	isInitial := isInitialValue(field)
 	if isInitial {
+		if unmarshalByInterface(field, defaultVal) {
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		switch field.Kind() {
 		case reflect.Bool:
 			if val, err := strconv.ParseBool(defaultVal); err == nil {
@@ -194,6 +199,24 @@ func setField(field reflect.Value, defaultVal string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func unmarshalByInterface(field reflect.Value, defaultVal string) bool {
+	asText, ok := field.Addr().Interface().(encoding.TextUnmarshaler)
+	if ok && defaultVal != "" {
+		// if field implements encode.TextUnmarshaler, try to use it before decode by kind
+		if err := asText.UnmarshalText([]byte(defaultVal)); err == nil {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	asJSON, ok := field.Addr().Interface().(json.Unmarshaler)
+	if ok && defaultVal != "" && defaultVal != "{}" && defaultVal != "[]" {
+		// if field implements json.Unmarshaler, try to use it before decode by kind
+		if err := asJSON.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(defaultVal)); err == nil {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func isInitialValue(field reflect.Value) bool {
 	return reflect.DeepEqual(reflect.Zero(field.Type()).Interface(), field.Interface())
 }

defaults_test.go

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"net"
 	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -112,9 +116,12 @@ type Sample struct {
 	MyMap       MyMap     `default:"{}"`
 	MySlice     MySlice   `default:"[]"`
 
-	StructWithJSON    Struct         `default:"{\"Foo\": 123}"`
-	StructPtrWithJSON *Struct        `default:"{\"Foo\": 123}"`
-	MapWithJSON       map[string]int `default:"{\"foo\": 123}"`
+	StructWithText        net.IP         `default:"10.0.0.1"`
+	StructPtrWithText     *net.IP        `default:"10.0.0.1"`
+	StructWithJSON        Struct         `default:"{\"Foo\": 123}"`
+	StructPtrWithJSON     *Struct        `default:"{\"Foo\": 123}"`
+	MapWithJSON           map[string]int `default:"{\"foo\": 123}"`
+	TypeWithUnmarshalJSON JSONOnlyType   `default:"\"one\""`
 
 	MapOfPtrStruct     map[string]*Struct
 	MapOfStruct        map[string]Struct
@@ -155,6 +162,24 @@ type Embedded struct {
 	Int int `default:"1"`
 }
 
+type JSONOnlyType int
+
+func (j *JSONOnlyType) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var tmp string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &tmp); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if i, err := strconv.Atoi(tmp); err == nil {
+		*j = JSONOnlyType(i)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if tmp == "one" {
+		*j = 1
+		return nil
+	}
+	return errors.New("cannot unmarshal")
+}
+
 func TestMustSet(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("right way", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -485,6 +510,14 @@ func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("complex types with text unmarshal", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if !sample.StructWithText.Equal(net.ParseIP("10.0.0.1")) {
+			t.Errorf("it should initialize struct with text")
+		}
+		if !sample.StructPtrWithText.Equal(net.ParseIP("10.0.0.1")) {
+			t.Errorf("it should initialize struct with text")
+		}
+	})
 	t.Run("complex types with json", func(t *testing.T) {
 		if sample.StructWithJSON.Foo != 123 {
 			t.Errorf("it should initialize struct with json")
@@ -499,6 +532,10 @@ func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("it should initialize slice with json")
 		}
 
+		if int(sample.TypeWithUnmarshalJSON) != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("it should initialize json unmarshaled value")
+		}
+
 		t.Run("invalid json", func(t *testing.T) {
 			if err := Set(&struct {
 				I []int `default:"[!]"`