// Uncomment the print statements to details of the process here.
func copyCmts(m mxj.Map, path string) error {
// get the array of Items entries for the 'path'
vals, err := m.ValuesForPath(path)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("ValuesForPath err: %s", err.Error())
} else if len(vals) == 0 {
return fmt.Errorf("no vals for path: %s", path)
}
// process each Items entry
for _, v := range vals {
vm, ok := v.(map[string]interface{})
if !ok {
return fmt.Errorf("assertion failed")
}
// get the Comment list
c, ok := vm["Comment"]
if !ok { // --> no Items.Comment elements
continue
}
// Don't assume that Comment is an array.
// There may be just one value, in which case it will decode as map[string]interface{}.
switch c.(type) {
case map[string]interface{}:
c = []interface{}{c}
}
cmt := c.([]interface{})
// get the Request list
r, ok := vm["Request"]
if !ok { // --> no Items.Request elements
continue
}
// Don't assume the Request is an array.
// There may be just one value, in which case it will decode as map[string]interface{}.
switch r.(type) {
case map[string]interface{}:
r = []interface{}{r}
}
req := r.([]interface{})
// fmt.Println("Comment:", cmt)
// fmt.Println("Request:", req)
// Comment elements with #seq==n are followed by Request element with #seq==n+1.
// For each Comment.#seq==n extract the CommentText attribute value and use it to
// set the ReportingName attribute value in Request.#seq==n+1.
for _, v := range cmt {
vmap := v.(map[string]interface{})
seq := vmap["#seq"].(int) // type is int
// extract CommentText attr from "#attr"
acmt, _ := mxj.Map(vmap).ValueForPath("#attr.CommentText.#text")
if acmt == "" {
fmt.Println("no CommentText value in Comment attributes")
}
// fmt.Println(seq, acmt)
// find the request with the #seq==seq+1 value
var r map[string]interface{}
for _, vv := range req {
rt := vv.(map[string]interface{})
if rt["#seq"].(int) == seq+1 {
r = rt
break
}
}
if r == nil { // no Request with #seq==seq+1
continue
}
if err := mxj.Map(r).SetValueForPath(acmt, "#attr.ReportingName.#text"); err != nil {
fmt.Println("SetValueForPath err:", err)
break
}
}
}
return nil
}
