added general utils pckg

Author: CodeShellDev

utils/utils.go

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package utils
+
+/*
+ * General Functions (utils)
+ * Might move Functions into seperate files
+ */
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func StringToArray(sliceStr string) ([]string, error) {
+	if sliceStr == "" {
+		return []string{}, errors.New("sliceStr is empty")
+	}
+
+	re, err := regexp.Compile(`\s+`)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return []string{}, err
+	}
+
+	normalized := re.ReplaceAllString(sliceStr, "")
+
+	tokens := strings.Split(normalized, ",")
+
+	return tokens, nil
+}
+
+func Contains[T comparable](list []T, item T) (bool){
+    for _, match := range list {
+        if match == item {
+            return true
+        }
+    }
+	
+    return false
+}
+
+func GetJsonSafe[T any](jsonStr string) (T, error) {
+	var result T
+
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonStr), &result)
+
+	return result, err
+}
+
+func GetJson[T any](jsonStr string) (T) {
+	var result T
+
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonStr), &result)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		// JSON is empty
+	}
+
+	return result
+}