unknown path: after map[string]any -> struct

[NV4RE]

Problem:

The code encounters an unknown path: Shelf.Orange.Qty error. This happens because the dot package might not be designed to handle nested maps where keys are object

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/mowshon/dot"
)

type MyShopStock struct {
	Shelf     map[string]any
	Werehouse map[string]any
}

type Product struct {
	Price float64
	Name  string
	Qty   uint
}

type Inventory struct {
	Name string
	Qty  uint
}

func main() {
	data := &MyShopStock{
		Shelf: map[string]any{
			"Apple":  Product{Price: 1.99, Name: "apple", Qty: 10},
			"Banana": Product{Price: 0.99, Name: "banana", Qty: 5},
			"Orange": Product{},
		},
	}

	obj, err := dot.New(data)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	err = obj.Insert("Shelf.Orange.Qty", 5)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(data.Shelf["Orange"])
}

https://go.dev/play/p/wBnrgKh67VU

Expected Behavior:

The Insert operation should successfully set the Qty for "Orange" to 5 without errors.

Observations:

It seems the dot package might not be handling nested maps as expected.

[mowshon]

@NV4RE Yeah, that's right. Type any can cause a lot of headaches.

The thing is, you insert Shelf.Orange.Qty, but what is Orange if the type is any ? Anything.

The dot package looks at the type of the field from the structure, but it doesn't know what type was specified to the field during the initialisation of the structure.

But, I see your point. I'll try to find a solution.

[mowshon]

Created a PR and published a new version v1.0.1 where some issues with any type have been fixed.

PR: #3
Release: https://github.com/mowshon/dot/releases/tag/v1.0.1

It is not possible to completely solve your problem at the moment. But thank you for informing me that this problem exists.

@NV4RE, thank you for your contribution to the development of open source projects.