Minor Fix/Feature: Ability to pass Thing to NewRecord(thing())

record.go

@@ -15,8 +15,16 @@ var (
 // NewRecord creates a new Record[T] instance.
 // Either the id or the value must be set.
 func NewRecord[T any](value any) *Record[T] {
- // Being lazy for now... not ideal though.. :|
 
+ if thing, ok := value.(Thing); ok {
+ return &Record[T]{
+ id: thing.Value(),
+ isSet: true,
+ kind: RecordTypeId,
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Being lazy for now... not ideal though.. :|
  val := new(Record[T])
 
  jsonVal, err := json.Marshal(value)

record_test.go

@@ -95,3 +95,28 @@ func TestRecordCreation(t *testing.T) {
  t.Error("Invalid value")
  }
 }
+func TestCreatingRecordFromThing(t *testing.T) {
+ type subrec struct {
+ Id *Thing `json:"id"`
+ }
+ type rec struct {
+ Id *Thing `json:"id"`
+ Value *Record[subrec]
+ }
+
+ r := rec{
+ Id: NewThing("user:one"),
+ Value: NewRecord[subrec](NewThing("book:one")),
+ }
+
+ newRecord := NewRecord[subrec](r.Id)
+
+ if newRecord.IsId() == false {
+ t.Error("Invalid value")
+ }
+
+ if newRecord.Id() != "user:one" {
+ t.Error("Invalid value")
+ }
+
+}