fix: unmarshal problem on env vars for type env string (#5037)

Signed-off-by: kevin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wan <[email protected]>

Author: kevwan

core/mapping/unmarshaler.go

@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ var (
 	errValueNotSettable = errors.New("value is not settable")
 	errValueNotStruct   = errors.New("value type is not struct")
 	keyUnmarshaler      = NewUnmarshaler(defaultKeyName)
-	boolType            = reflect.TypeOf(false)
 	durationType        = reflect.TypeOf(time.Duration(0))
-	stringType          = reflect.TypeOf("")
 	cacheKeys           = make(map[string][]string)
 	cacheKeysLock       sync.Mutex
 	defaultCache        = make(map[string]any)
@@ -768,23 +766,25 @@ func (u *Unmarshaler) processFieldWithEnvValue(fieldType reflect.Type, value ref
 	}
 
 	derefType := Deref(fieldType)
-	switch derefType {
-	case boolType:
+	derefKind := derefType.Kind()
+	switch {
+	case derefKind == reflect.String:
+		SetValue(fieldType, value, toReflectValue(derefType, envVal))
+		return nil
+	case derefKind == reflect.Bool:
 		val, err := strconv.ParseBool(envVal)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unmarshal field %q with environment variable, %w", fullName, err)
 		}
 
-		SetValue(fieldType, value, reflect.ValueOf(val))
+		SetValue(fieldType, value, toReflectValue(derefType, val))
 		return nil
-	case durationType:
+	case derefType == durationType:
+		// time.Duration is a special case, its derefKind is reflect.Int64.
 		if err := fillDurationValue(fieldType, value, envVal); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unmarshal field %q with environment variable, %w", fullName, err)
 		}
 
-		return nil
-	case stringType:
-		SetValue(fieldType, value, reflect.ValueOf(envVal))
 		return nil
 	default:
 		return u.processFieldPrimitiveWithJSONNumber(fieldType, value, json.Number(envVal), opts, fullName)

core/mapping/unmarshaler_test.go

@@ -6083,6 +6083,105 @@ func TestParseJsonStringValue(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// issue #5033, string type
+func TestUnmarshalFromEnvString(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("STRING_ENV", "dev")
+
+	t.Run("by value", func(t *testing.T) {
+		type (
+			Env    string
+			Config struct {
+				Env Env `json:",env=STRING_ENV,default=prod"`
+			}
+		)
+
+		var c Config
+		if assert.NoError(t, UnmarshalJsonMap(map[string]any{}, &c)) {
+			assert.Equal(t, Env("dev"), c.Env)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("by ptr", func(t *testing.T) {
+		type (
+			Env    string
+			Config struct {
+				Env *Env `json:",env=STRING_ENV,default=prod"`
+			}
+		)
+
+		var c Config
+		if assert.NoError(t, UnmarshalJsonMap(map[string]any{}, &c)) {
+			assert.Equal(t, Env("dev"), *c.Env)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// issue #5033, bool type
+func TestUnmarshalFromEnvBool(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("BOOL_ENV", "true")
+
+	t.Run("by value", func(t *testing.T) {
+		type (
+			Env    bool
+			Config struct {
+				Env Env `json:",env=BOOL_ENV,default=false"`
+			}
+		)
+
+		var c Config
+		if assert.NoError(t, UnmarshalJsonMap(map[string]any{}, &c)) {
+			assert.Equal(t, Env(true), c.Env)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("by ptr", func(t *testing.T) {
+		type (
+			Env    bool
+			Config struct {
+				Env *Env `json:",env=BOOL_ENV,default=false"`
+			}
+		)
+
+		var c Config
+		if assert.NoError(t, UnmarshalJsonMap(map[string]any{}, &c)) {
+			assert.Equal(t, Env(true), *c.Env)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// issue #5033, customized int type
+func TestUnmarshalFromEnvInt(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("INT_ENV", "2")
+
+	t.Run("by value", func(t *testing.T) {
+		type (
+			Env    int
+			Config struct {
+				Env Env `json:",env=INT_ENV,default=0"`
+			}
+		)
+
+		var c Config
+		if assert.NoError(t, UnmarshalJsonMap(map[string]any{}, &c)) {
+			assert.Equal(t, Env(2), c.Env)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("by ptr", func(t *testing.T) {
+		type (
+			Env    int
+			Config struct {
+				Env *Env `json:",env=INT_ENV,default=0"`
+			}
+		)
+
+		var c Config
+		if assert.NoError(t, UnmarshalJsonMap(map[string]any{}, &c)) {
+			assert.Equal(t, Env(2), *c.Env)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func BenchmarkDefaultValue(b *testing.B) {
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		var a struct {

core/mapping/utils.go

@@ -583,6 +583,10 @@ func toFloat64(v any) (float64, bool) {
 	}
 }
 
+func toReflectValue(tp reflect.Type, v any) reflect.Value {
+	return reflect.ValueOf(v).Convert(Deref(tp))
+}
+
 func usingDifferentKeys(key string, field reflect.StructField) bool {
 	if len(field.Tag) > 0 {
 		if _, ok := field.Tag.Lookup(key); !ok {