nix-amer/internal/cnf/loader.go

package cnf

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
)

var ErrUnknownExtension = errors.New("unknown extension format")
var ErrUnknownFormat = errors.New("cannot infer format from content")

// Load the current file and create the configuration format accordingly
func Load(path string) (ConfigurationFormat, error) {

	var confFormat ConfigurationFormat

	// 1. check file
	if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot find file '%s'", path)
	}

	// 2. Try to load from extension
	extension := filepath.Ext(path)
	if len(extension) > 0 {

		confFormat = loadFromExtension(extension)
		if confFormat == nil {
			return nil, ErrUnknownExtension
		}

		// open file
		file, err := os.Open(path)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		defer file.Close()

		// parse
		_, err = confFormat.ReadFrom(file)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse file as '%s' | %s", extension, err)
		}

		return confFormat, nil

	}

	// 3. open file
	file, err := os.Open(path)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	defer file.Close()

	// 4. Try to guess from the content
	confFormat = loadFromContent(file)
	if confFormat == nil {
		return nil, ErrUnknownFormat
	}

	return confFormat, nil
}

func loadFromExtension(ext string) ConfigurationFormat {

	// select configuration or fail if not known
	switch ext {
	case ".json":
		return new(json)
	case ".ini":
		return new(ini)
	default:
		return nil
	}

}

func loadFromContent(file io.Reader) ConfigurationFormat {
	return nil
}