// Package zero contains SQL types that consider zero input and null input to be equivalent // with convenient support for JSON and text marshaling. // Types in this package will JSON marshal to their zero value, even if null. // Use the null parent package if you don't want this. package zero import ( "bytes" "database/sql" "encoding/json" "fmt" ) // nullBytes is a JSON null literal var nullBytes = []byte("null") // String is a nullable string. // JSON marshals to a blank string if null. // Considered null to SQL if zero. type String struct { sql.NullString } // NewString creates a new String func NewString(s string, valid bool) String { return String{ NullString: sql.NullString{ String: s, Valid: valid, }, } } // StringFrom creates a new String that will be null if s is blank. func StringFrom(s string) String { return NewString(s, s != "") } // StringFromPtr creates a new String that be null if s is nil or blank. // It will make s point to the String's value. func StringFromPtr(s *string) String { if s == nil { return NewString("", false) } return NewString(*s, *s != "") } // ValueOrZero returns the inner value if valid, otherwise zero. func (s String) ValueOrZero() string { if !s.Valid { return "" } return s.String } // UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler. // It supports string and null input. Blank string input produces a null String. func (s *String) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error { if bytes.Equal(data, nullBytes) { s.Valid = false return nil } if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &s.String); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("zero: couldn't unmarshal JSON: %w", err) } s.Valid = s.String != "" return nil } // MarshalText implements encoding.TextMarshaler. // It will encode a blank string when this String is null. func (s String) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) { if !s.Valid { return []byte{}, nil } return []byte(s.String), nil } // UnmarshalText implements encoding.TextUnmarshaler. // It will unmarshal to a null String if the input is a blank string. func (s *String) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error { s.String = string(text) s.Valid = s.String != "" return nil } // SetValid changes this String's value and also sets it to be non-null. func (s *String) SetValid(v string) { s.String = v s.Valid = true } // Ptr returns a pointer to this String's value, or a nil pointer if this String is null. func (s String) Ptr() *string { if !s.Valid { return nil } return &s.String } // IsZero returns true for null or empty strings, for potential future omitempty support. func (s String) IsZero() bool { return !s.Valid || s.String == "" } // Equal returns true if both strings have the same value or are both either null or empty. func (s String) Equal(other String) bool { return s.ValueOrZero() == other.ValueOrZero() }