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+/*
+Copyright 2024. projectsveltos.io. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+/*
+Copyright The Helm Authors.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package funcmap
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+	"github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+// TxtFuncMap returns an aggregated template function map. Currently (custom functions + sprig)
+func SveltosFuncMap() template.FuncMap {
+	funcMap := sprig.FuncMap()
+
+	extraFuncs := template.FuncMap{
+		"toToml":        toTOML,
+		"fromToml":      fromTOML,
+		"toYaml":        toYAML,
+		"fromYaml":      fromYAML,
+		"fromYamlArray": fromYAMLArray,
+		"toJson":        toJSON,
+		"fromJson":      fromJSON,
+		"fromJsonArray": fromJSONArray,
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range extraFuncs {
+		funcMap[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return funcMap
+}
+
+// toYAML takes an interface, marshals it to yaml, and returns a string. It will
+// always return a string, even on marshal error (empty string).
+//
+// This is designed to be called from a template.
+func toYAML(v interface{}) string {
+	data, err := yaml.Marshal(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Swallow errors inside of a template.
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(string(data), "\n")
+}
+
+// fromYAML converts a YAML document into a map[string]interface{}.
+//
+// This is not a general-purpose YAML parser, and will not parse all valid
+// YAML documents. Additionally, because its intended use is within templates
+// it tolerates errors. It will insert the returned error message string into
+// m["Error"] in the returned map.
+func fromYAML(str string) map[string]interface{} {
+	m := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &m); err != nil {
+		m["Error"] = err.Error()
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+// fromYAMLArray converts a YAML array into a []interface{}.
+//
+// This is not a general-purpose YAML parser, and will not parse all valid
+// YAML documents. Additionally, because its intended use is within templates
+// it tolerates errors. It will insert the returned error message string as
+// the first and only item in the returned array.
+func fromYAMLArray(str string) []interface{} {
+	a := []interface{}{}
+
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &a); err != nil {
+		a = []interface{}{err.Error()}
+	}
+	return a
+}
+
+// toTOML takes an interface, marshals it to toml, and returns a string. It will
+// always return a string, even on marshal error (empty string).
+//
+// This is designed to be called from a template.
+func toTOML(v interface{}) string {
+	b := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	e := toml.NewEncoder(b)
+	err := e.Encode(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err.Error()
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// fromTOML converts a TOML document into a map[string]interface{}.
+//
+// This is not a general-purpose TOML parser, and will not parse all valid
+// TOML documents. Additionally, because its intended use is within templates
+// it tolerates errors. It will insert the returned error message string into
+// m["Error"] in the returned map.
+func fromTOML(str string) map[string]interface{} {
+	m := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	if err := toml.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &m); err != nil {
+		m["Error"] = err.Error()
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+// toJSON takes an interface, marshals it to json, and returns a string. It will
+// always return a string, even on marshal error (empty string).
+//
+// This is designed to be called from a template.
+func toJSON(v interface{}) string {
+	data, err := json.Marshal(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Swallow errors inside of a template.
+		return ""
+	}
+	return string(data)
+}
+
+// fromJSON converts a JSON document into a map[string]interface{}.
+//
+// This is not a general-purpose JSON parser, and will not parse all valid
+// JSON documents. Additionally, because its intended use is within templates
+// it tolerates errors. It will insert the returned error message string into
+// m["Error"] in the returned map.
+func fromJSON(str string) map[string]interface{} {
+	m := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &m); err != nil {
+		m["Error"] = err.Error()
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+// fromJSONArray converts a JSON array into a []interface{}.
+//
+// This is not a general-purpose JSON parser, and will not parse all valid
+// JSON documents. Additionally, because its intended use is within templates
+// it tolerates errors. It will insert the returned error message string as
+// the first and only item in the returned array.
+func fromJSONArray(str string) []interface{} {
+	a := []interface{}{}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &a); err != nil {
+		a = []interface{}{err.Error()}
+	}
+	return a
+}