v0.0.369 autom. allow usage of existing converter for pointer-types (sq)

sq/structscanner.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx/reflectx"
 	"gogs.mikescher.com/BlackForestBytes/goext/langext"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // forked from sqlx, but added ability to unmarshal optional-nested structs
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ type StructScanner struct {
 
 	fields    [][]int
 	values    []any
-	converter []DBTypeConverter
+	converter []ssConverter
 	columns   []string
 }
 
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ func NewStructScanner(rows *sqlx.Rows, unsafe bool) *StructScanner {
 	}
 }
 
+type ssConverter struct {
+	Converter DBTypeConverter
+	RefCount  int
+}
+
 func (r *StructScanner) Start(dest any) error {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(dest)
 
@@ -49,7 +55,7 @@ func (r *StructScanner) Start(dest any) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("missing destination name %s in %T", columns[f], dest)
 	}
 	r.values = make([]interface{}, len(columns))
-	r.converter = make([]DBTypeConverter, len(columns))
+	r.converter = make([]ssConverter, len(columns))
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -143,13 +149,19 @@ func (r *StructScanner) StructScanExt(q Queryable, dest any) error {
 
 			f.Set(reflect.Zero(f.Type())) // set to nil
 		} else {
-			if r.converter[i] != nil {
-				val3 := val2.Elem().Interface()
-				conv3, err := r.converter[i].DBToModel(val3)
+			if r.converter[i].Converter != nil {
+				val3 := val2.Elem()
+				conv3, err := r.converter[i].Converter.DBToModel(val3.Interface())
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				f.Set(reflect.ValueOf(conv3))
+				conv3RVal := reflect.ValueOf(conv3)
+				for j := 0; j < r.converter[i].RefCount; j++ {
+					newConv3Val := reflect.New(conv3RVal.Type())
+					newConv3Val.Elem().Set(conv3RVal)
+					conv3RVal = newConv3Val
+				}
+				f.Set(conv3RVal)
 			} else {
 				f.Set(val2.Elem())
 			}
@@ -184,7 +196,7 @@ func (r *StructScanner) StructScanBase(dest any) error {
 }
 
 // fieldsByTraversal forked from github.com/jmoiron/sqlx@v1.3.5/sqlx.go
-func fieldsByTraversalExtended(q Queryable, v reflect.Value, traversals [][]int, values []interface{}, converter []DBTypeConverter) error {
+func fieldsByTraversalExtended(q Queryable, v reflect.Value, traversals [][]int, values []interface{}, converter []ssConverter) error {
 	v = reflect.Indirect(v)
 	if v.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
 		return errors.New("argument not a struct")
@@ -205,14 +217,26 @@ func fieldsByTraversalExtended(q Queryable, v reflect.Value, traversals [][]int,
 				_v := langext.Ptr[any](nil)
 				values[i] = _v
 				foundConverter = true
-				converter[i] = conv
+				converter[i] = ssConverter{Converter: conv, RefCount: 0}
 				break
 			}
 		}
+		if !foundConverter {
+			// also allow non-pointer converter for pointer-types
+			for _, conv := range q.ListConverter() {
+				if conv.ModelTypeString() == strings.TrimLeft(typeStr, "*") {
+					_v := langext.Ptr[any](nil)
+					values[i] = _v
+					foundConverter = true
+					converter[i] = ssConverter{Converter: conv, RefCount: len(typeStr) - len(strings.TrimLeft(typeStr, "*"))} // kind hacky way to get the amount of ptr before <f>, but it works...
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
 
 		if !foundConverter {
 			values[i] = reflect.New(reflect.PointerTo(f.Type())).Interface()
-			converter[i] = nil
+			converter[i] = ssConverter{Converter: nil, RefCount: -1}
 		}
 	}
 	return nil