populate.go

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package fx

import (
	"fmt"
	"reflect"
)

// Populate sets targets with values from the dependency injection container
// during application initialization. All targets must be pointers to the
// values that must be populated. Pointers to structs that embed In are
// supported, which can be used to populate multiple values in a struct.
//
// This is most helpful in unit tests: it lets tests leverage Fx's automatic
// constructor wiring to build a few structs, but then extract those structs
// for further testing.
func Populate(targets ...interface{}) Option {
	// Validate all targets are non-nil pointers.
	targetTypes := make([]reflect.Type, len(targets))
	for i, t := range targets {
		if t == nil {
			return Error(fmt.Errorf("failed to Populate: target %v is nil", i+1))
		}
		rt := reflect.TypeOf(t)
		if rt.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
			return Error(fmt.Errorf("failed to Populate: target %v is not a pointer type, got %T", i+1, t))
		}

		targetTypes[i] = reflect.TypeOf(t).Elem()
	}

	// Build a function that looks like:
	//
	// func(t1 T1, t2 T2, ...) {
	//   *targets[0] = t1
	//   *targets[1] = t2
	//   [...]
	// }
	//
	fnType := reflect.FuncOf(targetTypes, nil, false /* variadic */)
	fn := reflect.MakeFunc(fnType, func(args []reflect.Value) []reflect.Value {
		for i, arg := range args {
			reflect.ValueOf(targets[i]).Elem().Set(arg)
		}
		return nil
	})
	return Invoke(fn.Interface())
}