func read(lex *lexer, v reflect.Value) {
switch lex.token {
case scanner.Ident:
// The only valid identifiers are
// "nil" and struct field names.
if lex.text() == "nil" {
v.Set(reflect.Zero(v.Type()))
lex.next()
return
}
case scanner.String:
s, _ := strconv.Unquote(lex.text()) // NOTE: ignoring errors
v.SetString(s)
lex.next()
return
case scanner.Int:
i, _ := strconv.Atoi(lex.text()) // NOTE: ignoring errors
v.SetInt(int64(i))
lex.next()
return
case '(':
lex.next()
readList(lex, v)
lex.next() // consume ')'
return
}
panic(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected token %q", lex.text()))
}
func readList(lex *lexer, v reflect.Value) {
switch v.Kind() {
case reflect.Array: // (item ...)
for i := 0; !endList(lex); i++ {
read(lex, v.Index(i))
}
case reflect.Slice: // (item ...)
for !endList(lex) {
item := reflect.New(v.Type().Elem()).Elem()
read(lex, item)
v.Set(reflect.Append(v, item))
}
case reflect.Struct: // ((name value) ...)
for !endList(lex) {
lex.consume('(')
if lex.token != scanner.Ident {
panic(fmt.Sprintf("got token %q, want field name", lex.text()))
}
name := lex.text()
lex.next()
read(lex, v.FieldByName(name))
lex.consume(')')
}
case reflect.Map: // ((key value) ...)
v.Set(reflect.MakeMap(v.Type()))
for !endList(lex) {
lex.consume('(')
key := reflect.New(v.Type().Key()).Elem()
read(lex, key)
value := reflect.New(v.Type().Elem()).Elem()
read(lex, value)
v.SetMapIndex(key, value)
lex.consume(')')
}
default:
panic(fmt.Sprintf("cannot decode list into %v", v.Type()))
}
}
func endList(lex *lexer) bool {
switch lex.token {
case scanner.EOF:
panic("end of file")
case ')':
return true
}
return false
}
// Unmarshal parses S-expression data and populates the variable
// whose address is in the non-nil pointer out.
func Unmarshal(data []byte, out interface{}) (err error) {
lex := &lexer{scan: scanner.Scanner{Mode: scanner.GoTokens}}
lex.scan.Init(bytes.NewReader(data))
lex.next() // get the first token
defer func() {
// NOTE: this is not an example of ideal error handling.
if x := recover(); x != nil {
err = fmt.Errorf("error at %s: %v", lex.scan.Position, x)
}
}()
read(lex, reflect.ValueOf(out).Elem())
return nil
}