zero.go

package yaml

import "reflect"

// IsZeroer is used to check whether an object is zero to
// determine whether it should be omitted when marshaling
// with the omitempty flag. One notable implementation
// is time.Time.
type IsZeroer interface {
	IsZero() bool
}

func isZero(v reflect.Value) bool {
	kind := v.Kind()
	if z, ok := v.Interface().(IsZeroer); ok {
		if (kind == reflect.Ptr || kind == reflect.Interface) && v.IsNil() {
			return true
		}
		return z.IsZero()
	}
	switch kind {
	case reflect.Struct:
		vt := v.Type()
		for i := v.NumField() - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
			if vt.Field(i).PkgPath != "" {
				continue // Private field
			}
			if !isZero(v.Field(i)) {
				return false
			}
		}
		return true
	case reflect.Slice, reflect.Map:
		// `reflect.Value.IsZero` checks for nil, but for backward compatibility
		// we treat nil and empty slice/map as zero.
		return v.Len() == 0
	default:
		return v.IsZero()
	}
}