/* * Public Domain Software * * I (Matthias Ladkau) am the author of the source code in this file. * I have placed the source code in this file in the public domain. * * For further information see: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ */ package datautil import ( "bytes" "encoding/gob" "fmt" "testing" ) func TestNesting(t *testing.T) { // Create a nested piece of data which is serialized and deserialized var testData1 = map[string]interface{}{ "level1": map[string]interface{}{ "level2": map[string]interface{}{ "atom": 42, }, "atom2": "test5", }, } var bb1 bytes.Buffer // Only register the generic map[string]interface{} gob.Register(map[string]interface{}{}) if err := gob.NewEncoder(&bb1).Encode(testData1); err != nil { t.Error(err) return } var testOut map[string]interface{} if err := gob.NewDecoder(&bb1).Decode(&testOut); err != nil { t.Error(err) return } val, err := GetNestedValue(testOut, []string{"level1", "level2", "atom"}) if val != 42 || err != nil { t.Error("Unexpected result:", val, err) return } val, err = GetNestedValue(testOut, []string{"level1", "level2"}) if fmt.Sprint(val) != "map[atom:42]" || err != nil { t.Error("Unexpected result:", val, err) return } val, err = GetNestedValue(testOut, []string{"level1", "atom2"}) if val != "test5" || err != nil { t.Error("Unexpected result:", val, err) return } val, err = GetNestedValue(testOut, []string{"level1", "atom3"}) if val != nil || err != nil { t.Error("Unexpected result:", val, err) return } val, err = GetNestedValue(testOut, []string{"level1", "level2", "atom", "test"}) if val != nil || err.Error() != "Unexpected data type int as value of atom" { t.Error("Unexpected result:", val, err) return } }