Replace the CopyMap function by the MustFillMap and adds a InterfaceToIntMap function

go.mod

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/KyleBanks/depth v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/akualab/gjoa v0.0.0-20150423185904-0953495dbcc7 // indirect
+	github.com/barkimedes/go-deepcopy v0.0.0-20220514131651-17c30cfc62df // indirect
 	github.com/golang/glog v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.5 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ github.com/PaesslerAG/jsonpath v0.1.0 h1:gADYeifvlqK3R3i2cR5B4DGgxLXIPb3TRTH1mGi
 github.com/PaesslerAG/jsonpath v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4BzmtoM/PI8fPO4aQGIusjGxGir2BzcV0grWtFzq1Y8=
 github.com/akualab/gjoa v0.0.0-20150423185904-0953495dbcc7 h1:v8r5rCWpphm5f+yaKDQvVKM46jj0SB7iDUTVS1MHSAg=
 github.com/akualab/gjoa v0.0.0-20150423185904-0953495dbcc7/go.mod h1:zhxCkmvf40lxgYc6aJuF6AOwfzuvFIANF9OQaMz5xNs=
+github.com/barkimedes/go-deepcopy v0.0.0-20220514131651-17c30cfc62df h1:GSoSVRLoBaFpOOds6QyY1L8AX7uoY+Ln3BHc22W40X0=
+github.com/barkimedes/go-deepcopy v0.0.0-20220514131651-17c30cfc62df/go.mod h1:hiVxq5OP2bUGBRNS3Z/bt/reCLFNbdcST6gISi1fiOM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=

pkg/goutils/goutils.go

@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ package goutils
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/barkimedes/go-deepcopy"
 )
 
 // NotAnInteger defines a new type of Error : "NotAnInteger"
@@ -60,6 +61,44 @@ func InterfaceToInt(i interface{}) (val int, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+// NotABoolean defines a new type of Error : "NotAMapInt"
+type NotAMapInt struct {
+	message string
+}
+
+// Error() retreives the error message associated to the "NotAnInteger"
+// error. Tha addition of that Error message make the "NotAnInteger"
+// complying with the error interface
+func (m *NotAMapInt) Error() string {
+	return m.message
+}
+
+func InterfaceToIntMap(i interface{}) (val map[string]int, err error) {
+	err = nil
+
+	switch i := i.(type) {
+	case map[string]int:
+		val = i
+	case map[string]interface{}:
+		val = make(map[string]int, len(i))
+		for k, v := range i {
+			val[k], err = InterfaceToInt(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	case map[string]float64:
+		val = make(map[string]int, len(i))
+		for k, v := range i {
+			val[k] = int(v)
+		}
+	default:
+		err = &NotAMapInt{"value attribute cannot be casted to a map[string]int"}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
 // NotABoolean defines a new type of Error : "NotABoolean"
 type NotABoolean struct {
 	message string
@@ -122,14 +161,14 @@ func CastableToInt(i interface{}) bool {
 	}
 }
 
-// "CopyMap copies the contents of a map[string]interface{} to another map[string]interface{}."
-//
-// The function uses the gob package to encode the source map into a buffer and then decode the buffer
-// into the destination map
-func CopyMap(dest, src map[string]interface{}) {
-	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	gob.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(src)
-	gob.NewDecoder(buf).Decode(&dest)
+func MustFillMap(dest, src map[string]interface{}) {
+
+	for k, v := range src {
+		if IsAMap(v) || IsASlice(v) || IsAnArray(v) {
+			v = deepcopy.MustAnything(v)
+		}
+		dest[k] = v
+	}
 }
 
 // Read a whole file into the memory and store it as array of lines
@@ -228,4 +267,4 @@ func Length(value interface{}) int {
 	}
 
 	return l
-}
+}