packer-cn/common/json/unmarshal.go

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package json
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
)
// Unmarshal is wrapper around json.Unmarshal that returns user-friendly
// errors when there are syntax errors.
func Unmarshal(data []byte, i interface{}) error {
err := json.Unmarshal(data, i)
if err != nil {
syntaxErr, ok := err.(*json.SyntaxError)
if !ok {
return err
}
// We have a syntax error. Extract out the line number and friends.
// https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-nuts/fizimmXtVfc
newline := []byte{'\x0a'}
// Calculate the start/end position of the line where the error is
start := bytes.LastIndex(data[:syntaxErr.Offset], newline) + 1
end := len(data)
if idx := bytes.Index(data[start:], newline); idx >= 0 {
end = start + idx
}
// Count the line number we're on plus the offset in the line
line := bytes.Count(data[:start], newline) + 1
pos := int(syntaxErr.Offset) - start - 1
err = fmt.Errorf("Error in line %d, char %d: %s\n%s",
line, pos, syntaxErr, data[start:end])
return err
}
return nil
}