package aghalg import ( "bytes" "encoding/json" "fmt" ) // NullBool is a nullable boolean. Use these in JSON requests and responses // instead of pointers to bool. type NullBool uint8 // NullBool values const ( NBNull NullBool = iota NBTrue NBFalse ) // String implements the fmt.Stringer interface for NullBool. func (nb NullBool) String() (s string) { switch nb { case NBNull: return "null" case NBTrue: return "true" case NBFalse: return "false" } return fmt.Sprintf("!invalid NullBool %d", uint8(nb)) } // BoolToNullBool converts a bool into a NullBool. func BoolToNullBool(cond bool) (nb NullBool) { if cond { return NBTrue } return NBFalse } // type check var _ json.Unmarshaler = (*NullBool)(nil) // UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface for *NullBool. func (nb *NullBool) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) (err error) { if len(b) == 0 || bytes.Equal(b, []byte("null")) { *nb = NBNull } else if bytes.Equal(b, []byte("true")) { *nb = NBTrue } else if bytes.Equal(b, []byte("false")) { *nb = NBFalse } else { return fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling json data into aghalg.NullBool: bad value %q", b) } return nil }