Interface StructLevel

struct_level.go:24–67

StructLevel contains all the information and helper functions to validate a struct

// StructLevel contains all the information and helper functions
// to validate a struct
type StructLevel interface {

	// Validator returns the main validation object, in case one wants to call validations internally.
	// this is so you don't have to use anonymous functions to get access to the validate
	// instance.
	Validator() *Validate

	// Top returns the top level struct, if any
	Top() reflect.Value

	// Parent returns the current fields parent struct, if any
	Parent() reflect.Value

	// Current returns the current struct.
	Current() reflect.Value

	// ExtractType gets the actual underlying type of field value.
	// It will dive into pointers, customTypes and return you the
	// underlying value and its kind.
	ExtractType(field reflect.Value) (value reflect.Value, kind reflect.Kind, nullable bool)

	// ReportError reports an error just by passing the field and tag information
	//
	// NOTES:
	//
	// fieldName and structFieldName get appended to the existing
	// namespace that validator is on. e.g. pass 'FirstName' or
	// 'Names[0]' depending on the nesting
	//
	// tag can be an existing validation tag or just something you make up
	// and process on the flip side it's up to you.
	ReportError(field interface{}, fieldName, structFieldName string, tag, param string)

	// ReportValidationErrors reports an error just by passing ValidationErrors
	//
	// NOTES:
	//
	// relativeNamespace and relativeActualNamespace get appended to the
	// existing namespace that validator is on.
	// e.g. pass 'User.FirstName' or 'Users[0].FirstName' depending
	// on the nesting. most of the time they will be blank, unless you validate
	// at a level lower the current field depth
	ReportValidationErrors(relativeNamespace, relativeActualNamespace string, errs ValidationErrors)
}

var _ StructLevel = new(validate)