util.go

package goq

import "reflect"

// TypeDeref returns the underlying type if the given type is a pointer.
func TypeDeref(t reflect.Type) reflect.Type {
	for t != nil && t.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
		t = t.Elem()
	}
	return t
}

// indirect is stolen mostly from pkg/encoding/json/decode.go and removed some
// cases (handling `null`) that goquery doesn't need to handle.
func indirect(v reflect.Value) (Unmarshaler, reflect.Value) {
	if v.Kind() != reflect.Ptr && v.Type().Name() != "" && v.CanAddr() {
		v = v.Addr()
	}
	for {
		// Load value from interface, but only if the result will be
		// usefully addressable.
		if v.Kind() == reflect.Interface && !v.IsNil() {
			e := v.Elem()
			if e.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && !e.IsNil() && (e.Elem().Kind() == reflect.Ptr) {
				v = e
				continue
			}
		}

		if v.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
			break
		}

		if v.IsNil() {
			v.Set(reflect.New(TypeDeref(v.Type())))
		}
		if v.Type().NumMethod() > 0 {
			if u, ok := v.Interface().(Unmarshaler); ok {
				return u, reflect.Value{}
			}
		}
		v = v.Elem()
	}
	return nil, v
}