Support BindUnmarshaler for basic types (#786)

* Add a failing test for #784

* Change ordering of unmarshaler, to handle BindUnmarshalers first

* Add test for arrays of BindUnmarshalers

bind.go

@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ func (b *DefaultBinder) bindData(ptr interface{}, data map[string][]string, tag
 			continue
 		}
 
+		// Call this first, in case we're dealing with an alias to an array type
+		if ok, err := unmarshalField(typeField.Type.Kind(), inputValue[0], structField); ok {
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
 		numElems := len(inputValue)
 		if structFieldKind == reflect.Slice && numElems > 0 {
 			sliceOf := structField.Type().Elem().Kind()
@@ -128,6 +136,11 @@ func (b *DefaultBinder) bindData(ptr interface{}, data map[string][]string, tag
 }
 
 func setWithProperType(valueKind reflect.Kind, val string, structField reflect.Value) error {
+	// But also call it here, in case we're dealing with an array of BindUnmarshalers
+	if ok, err := unmarshalField(valueKind, val, structField); ok {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	switch valueKind {
 	case reflect.Int:
 		return setIntField(val, 0, structField)
@@ -157,33 +170,40 @@ func setWithProperType(valueKind reflect.Kind, val string, structField reflect.V
 		return setFloatField(val, 64, structField)
 	case reflect.String:
 		structField.SetString(val)
-	case reflect.Ptr:
-		return unmarshalFieldPtr(val, structField)
 	default:
-		return unmarshalField(val, structField)
+		return errors.New("unknown type")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func unmarshalField(value string, field reflect.Value) error {
+func unmarshalField(valueKind reflect.Kind, val string, field reflect.Value) (bool, error) {
+	switch valueKind {
+	case reflect.Ptr:
+		return unmarshalFieldPtr(val, field)
+	default:
+		return unmarshalFieldNonPtr(val, field)
+	}
+}
+
+func unmarshalFieldNonPtr(value string, field reflect.Value) (bool, error) {
 	ptr := reflect.New(field.Type())
 	if ptr.CanInterface() {
 		iface := ptr.Interface()
 		if unmarshaler, ok := iface.(BindUnmarshaler); ok {
 			err := unmarshaler.UnmarshalParam(value)
 			field.Set(ptr.Elem())
-			return err
+			return true, err
 		}
 	}
-	return errors.New("unknown type")
+	return false, nil
 }
 
-func unmarshalFieldPtr(value string, field reflect.Value) error {
+func unmarshalFieldPtr(value string, field reflect.Value) (bool, error) {
 	if field.IsNil() {
 		// Initialize the pointer to a nil value
 		field.Set(reflect.New(field.Type().Elem()))
 	}
-	return unmarshalField(value, field.Elem())
+	return unmarshalFieldNonPtr(value, field.Elem())
 }
 
 func setIntField(value string, bitSize int, field reflect.Value) error {

bind_test.go

@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ type (
 		DoesntExist string
 		T           Timestamp
 		Tptr        *Timestamp
+		SA          StringArray
 	}
 
 	Timestamp   time.Time
+	TA          []Timestamp
+	StringArray []string
 )
 
 func (t *Timestamp) UnmarshalParam(src string) error {
@@ -45,6 +48,11 @@ func (t *Timestamp) UnmarshalParam(src string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (a *StringArray) UnmarshalParam(src string) error {
+	*a = StringArray(strings.Split(src, ","))
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (t bindTestStruct) GetCantSet() string {
 	return t.cantSet
 }
@@ -107,16 +115,21 @@ func TestBindQueryParams(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestBindUnmarshalParam(t *testing.T) {
 	e := New()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest(GET, "/?ts=2016-12-06T19:09:05Z", nil)
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(GET, "/?ts=2016-12-06T19:09:05Z&sa=one,two,three&ta=2016-12-06T19:09:05Z&ta=2016-12-06T19:09:05Z", nil)
 	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	c := e.NewContext(req, rec)
 	result := struct {
 		T  Timestamp   `query:"ts"`
+		TA []Timestamp `query:"ta"`
+		SA StringArray `query:"sa"`
 	}{}
 	err := c.Bind(&result)
+	ts := Timestamp(time.Date(2016, 12, 6, 19, 9, 5, 0, time.UTC))
 	if assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		//		assert.Equal(t, Timestamp(reflect.TypeOf(&Timestamp{}), time.Date(2016, 12, 6, 19, 9, 5, 0, time.UTC)), result.T)
-		assert.Equal(t, Timestamp(time.Date(2016, 12, 6, 19, 9, 5, 0, time.UTC)), result.T)
+		assert.Equal(t, ts, result.T)
+		assert.Equal(t, StringArray([]string{"one", "two", "three"}), result.SA)
+		assert.Equal(t, []Timestamp{ts, ts}, result.TA)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -217,7 +230,9 @@ func TestBindSetFields(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, false, ts.B)
 	}
 
-	if assert.NoError(t, unmarshalField("2016-12-06T19:09:05Z", val.FieldByName("T"))) {
+	ok, err := unmarshalFieldNonPtr("2016-12-06T19:09:05Z", val.FieldByName("T"))
+	if assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		assert.Equal(t, ok, true)
 		assert.Equal(t, Timestamp(time.Date(2016, 12, 6, 19, 9, 5, 0, time.UTC)), ts.T)
 	}
 }