WeakDecode
diff --git a/mapstructure.go b/mapstructure.go
index 62fe1be..381ba5d 100644
--- a/mapstructure.go
+++ b/mapstructure.go
@@ -104,6 +104,23 @@
return decoder.Decode(m)
}
+// WeakDecode is the same as Decode but is shorthand to enable
+// WeaklyTypedInput. See DecoderConfig for more info.
+func WeakDecode(input, output interface{}) error {
+ config := &DecoderConfig{
+ Metadata: nil,
+ Result: output,
+ WeaklyTypedInput: true,
+ }
+
+ decoder, err := NewDecoder(config)
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+
+ return decoder.Decode(input)
+}
+
// NewDecoder returns a new decoder for the given configuration. Once
// a decoder has been returned, the same configuration must not be used
// again.
diff --git a/mapstructure_test.go b/mapstructure_test.go
index 3147f55..23029c7 100644
--- a/mapstructure_test.go
+++ b/mapstructure_test.go
@@ -775,6 +775,30 @@
}
}
+func TestWeakDecode(t *testing.T) {
+ t.Parallel()
+
+ input := map[string]interface{}{
+ "foo": "4",
+ "bar": "value",
+ }
+
+ var result struct {
+ Foo int
+ Bar string
+ }
+
+ if err := WeakDecode(input, &result); err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+ }
+ if result.Foo != 4 {
+ t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", result)
+ }
+ if result.Bar != "value" {
+ t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", result)
+ }
+}
+
func testSliceInput(t *testing.T, input map[string]interface{}, expected *Slice) {
var result Slice
err := Decode(input, &result)
