feat (parser.json_v2): Support defining field/tag tables within an object table

config/config.go

@@ -1421,28 +1421,8 @@ func (c *Config) getParserConfig(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (*parsers.Config,
 				c.getFieldString(metricConfig, "timestamp_format", &mc.TimestampFormat)
 				c.getFieldString(metricConfig, "timestamp_timezone", &mc.TimestampTimezone)
 
-				if fieldConfigs, ok := metricConfig.Fields["field"]; ok {
-					if fieldConfigs, ok := fieldConfigs.([]*ast.Table); ok {
-						for _, fieldconfig := range fieldConfigs {
-							var f json_v2.DataSet
-							c.getFieldString(fieldconfig, "path", &f.Path)
-							c.getFieldString(fieldconfig, "rename", &f.Rename)
-							c.getFieldString(fieldconfig, "type", &f.Type)
-							mc.Fields = append(mc.Fields, f)
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				if fieldConfigs, ok := metricConfig.Fields["tag"]; ok {
-					if fieldConfigs, ok := fieldConfigs.([]*ast.Table); ok {
-						for _, fieldconfig := range fieldConfigs {
-							var t json_v2.DataSet
-							c.getFieldString(fieldconfig, "path", &t.Path)
-							c.getFieldString(fieldconfig, "rename", &t.Rename)
-							t.Type = "string"
-							mc.Tags = append(mc.Tags, t)
-						}
-					}
-				}
+				mc.Fields = getFieldSubtable(c, metricConfig)
+				mc.Tags = getTagSubtable(c, metricConfig)
 
 				if objectconfigs, ok := metricConfig.Fields["object"]; ok {
 					if objectconfigs, ok := objectconfigs.([]*ast.Table); ok {
@@ -1458,6 +1438,10 @@ func (c *Config) getParserConfig(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (*parsers.Config,
 							c.getFieldStringSlice(objectConfig, "tags", &o.Tags)
 							c.getFieldStringMap(objectConfig, "renames", &o.Renames)
 							c.getFieldStringMap(objectConfig, "fields", &o.Fields)
+
+							o.FieldPaths = getFieldSubtable(c, objectConfig)
+							o.TagPaths = getTagSubtable(c, objectConfig)
+
 							mc.JSONObjects = append(mc.JSONObjects, o)
 						}
 					}
@@ -1477,6 +1461,42 @@ func (c *Config) getParserConfig(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (*parsers.Config,
 	return pc, nil
 }
 
+func getFieldSubtable(c *Config, metricConfig *ast.Table) []json_v2.DataSet {
+	var fields []json_v2.DataSet
+
+	if fieldConfigs, ok := metricConfig.Fields["field"]; ok {
+		if fieldConfigs, ok := fieldConfigs.([]*ast.Table); ok {
+			for _, fieldconfig := range fieldConfigs {
+				var f json_v2.DataSet
+				c.getFieldString(fieldconfig, "path", &f.Path)
+				c.getFieldString(fieldconfig, "rename", &f.Rename)
+				c.getFieldString(fieldconfig, "type", &f.Type)
+				fields = append(fields, f)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fields
+}
+
+func getTagSubtable(c *Config, metricConfig *ast.Table) []json_v2.DataSet {
+	var tags []json_v2.DataSet
+
+	if fieldConfigs, ok := metricConfig.Fields["tag"]; ok {
+		if fieldConfigs, ok := fieldConfigs.([]*ast.Table); ok {
+			for _, fieldconfig := range fieldConfigs {
+				var t json_v2.DataSet
+				c.getFieldString(fieldconfig, "path", &t.Path)
+				c.getFieldString(fieldconfig, "rename", &t.Rename)
+				t.Type = "string"
+				tags = append(tags, t)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return tags
+}
+
 // buildSerializer grabs the necessary entries from the ast.Table for creating
 // a serializers.Serializer object, and creates it, which can then be added onto
 // an Output object.

go.mod

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/tbrandon/mbserver v0.0.0-20170611213546-993e1772cc62
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.11.1
-	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.8.0
+	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.9.0
 	github.com/tidwall/match v1.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.6

go.sum

@@ -1535,8 +1535,8 @@ github.com/tchap/go-patricia v2.2.6+incompatible/go.mod h1:bmLyhP68RS6kStMGxByiQ
 github.com/tedsuo/ifrit v0.0.0-20180802180643-bea94bb476cc/go.mod h1:eyZnKCc955uh98WQvzOm0dgAeLnf2O0Rz0LPoC5ze+0=
 github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.11.1 h1:FiYsB83LSGbiawoV8TpAZGfcCUbtaeeg1SXqEKUxh08=
 github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.11.1/go.mod h1:/V0UVq+1e7NWYoqTPog179clf0Qp9TOyp4EcXaEFQz8=
-github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.8.0 h1:Qt+orfosKn0rbNTZqHYDqBrmm3UDA4KRkv70fDzG+PQ=
-github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.8.0/go.mod h1:5/xDoumyyDNerp2U36lyolv46b3uF/9Bu6OfyQ9GImk=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.9.0 h1:+Od7AE26jAaMgVC31cQV/Ope5iKXulNMflrlB7k+F9E=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.9.0/go.mod h1:5/xDoumyyDNerp2U36lyolv46b3uF/9Bu6OfyQ9GImk=
 github.com/tidwall/match v1.0.3 h1:FQUVvBImDutD8wJLN6c5eMzWtjgONK9MwIBCOrUJKeE=
 github.com/tidwall/match v1.0.3/go.mod h1:eRSPERbgtNPcGhD8UCthc6PmLEQXEWd3PRB5JTxsfmM=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XNkn88O1ChpSDQmQeStsy+sBenx6DDtFZJxhVysOjyk=