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pkg/goutils/goutils.go

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+package goutils
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
+)
+
+type NotAnInteger struct {
+	message string
+}
+
+func (m *NotAnInteger) Error() string {
+	return m.message
+}
+
+func InterfaceToInt(i interface{}) (val int, err error) {
+
+	err = nil
+	val = 0
+
+	switch t := i.(type) {
+	case int:
+		val = t
+	case int8:
+		val = int(t) // standardizes across systems
+	case int16:
+		val = int(t) // standardizes across systems
+	case int32:
+		val = int(t) // standardizes across systems
+	case int64:
+		val = int(t) // standardizes across systems
+	case float32:
+		val = int(t) // standardizes across systems
+	case float64:
+		val = int(t) // standardizes across systems
+	case uint8:
+		val = int(t) // standardizes across systems
+	case uint16:
+		val = int(t) // standardizes across systems
+	case uint32:
+		val = int(t) // standardizes across systems
+	case uint64:
+		val = int(t) // standardizes across systems
+	default:
+		err = &NotAnInteger{"count attribute is not an integer"}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func CopyMap(dest, src map[string]interface{}) {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	gob.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(src)
+	gob.NewDecoder(buf).Decode(&dest)
+}