Merge pull request #84 from bluesuncorp/v5

Merge latest changes from v5

baked_in.go

@@ -50,6 +50,141 @@ var BakedInValidators = map[string]Func{
 	"excludes":     excludes,
 	"excludesall":  excludesAll,
 	"excludesrune": excludesRune,
+	"isbn":         isISBN,
+	"isbn10":       isISBN10,
+	"isbn13":       isISBN13,
+	"uuid":         isUUID,
+	"uuid3":        isUUID3,
+	"uuid4":        isUUID4,
+	"uuid5":        isUUID5,
+	"ascii":        isASCII,
+	"printascii":   isPrintableASCII,
+	"multibyte":    hasMultiByteCharacter,
+	"datauri":      isDataURI,
+	"latitude":     isLatitude,
+	"longitude":    isLongitude,
+	"ssn":          isSSN,
+}
+
+func isSSN(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+
+	if len(field.(string)) != 11 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return matchesRegex(sSNRegex, field)
+}
+
+func isLongitude(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+	return matchesRegex(longitudeRegex, field)
+}
+
+func isLatitude(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+	return matchesRegex(latitudeRegex, field)
+}
+
+func isDataURI(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+
+	uri := strings.SplitN(field.(string), ",", 2)
+
+	if len(uri) != 2 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if !matchesRegex(dataURIRegex, uri[0]) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return isBase64(top, current, uri[1], param)
+}
+
+func hasMultiByteCharacter(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+
+	if len(field.(string)) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return matchesRegex(multibyteRegex, field)
+}
+
+func isPrintableASCII(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+	return matchesRegex(printableASCIIRegex, field)
+}
+
+func isASCII(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+	return matchesRegex(aSCIIRegex, field)
+}
+
+func isUUID5(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+	return matchesRegex(uUID5Regex, field)
+}
+
+func isUUID4(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+	return matchesRegex(uUID4Regex, field)
+}
+
+func isUUID3(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+	return matchesRegex(uUID3Regex, field)
+}
+
+func isUUID(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+	return matchesRegex(uUIDRegex, field)
+}
+
+func isISBN(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+	return isISBN10(top, current, field, param) || isISBN13(top, current, field, param)
+}
+
+func isISBN13(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+
+	s := strings.Replace(strings.Replace(field.(string), "-", "", 4), " ", "", 4)
+
+	if !matchesRegex(iSBN13Regex, s) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	var checksum int32
+	var i int32
+
+	factor := []int32{1, 3}
+
+	for i = 0; i < 12; i++ {
+		checksum += factor[i%2] * int32(s[i]-'0')
+	}
+
+	if (int32(s[12]-'0'))-((10-(checksum%10))%10) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func isISBN10(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+
+	s := strings.Replace(strings.Replace(field.(string), "-", "", 3), " ", "", 3)
+
+	if !matchesRegex(iSBN10Regex, s) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	var checksum int32
+	var i int32
+
+	for i = 0; i < 9; i++ {
+		checksum += (i + 1) * int32(s[i]-'0')
+	}
+
+	if s[9] == 'X' {
+		checksum += 10 * 10
+	} else {
+		checksum += 10 * int32(s[9]-'0')
+	}
+
+	if checksum%11 == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
 }
 
 func excludesRune(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {

benchmarks_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+package validator
+
+import "testing"
+
+func BenchmarkValidateField(b *testing.B) {
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		validate.Field("1", "len=1")
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkValidateStructSimple(b *testing.B) {
+
+	type Foo struct {
+		StringValue string `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
+		IntValue    int    `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
+	}
+
+	validFoo := &Foo{StringValue: "Foobar", IntValue: 7}
+	invalidFoo := &Foo{StringValue: "Fo", IntValue: 3}
+
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		validate.Struct(validFoo)
+		validate.Struct(invalidFoo)
+	}
+}
+
+// func BenchmarkTemplateParallelSimple(b *testing.B) {
+
+// 	type Foo struct {
+// 		StringValue string `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
+// 		IntValue    int    `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
+// 	}
+
+// 	validFoo := &Foo{StringValue: "Foobar", IntValue: 7}
+// 	invalidFoo := &Foo{StringValue: "Fo", IntValue: 3}
+
+// 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+// 		for pb.Next() {
+// 			validate.Struct(validFoo)
+// 			validate.Struct(invalidFoo)
+// 		}
+// 	})
+// }
+
+func BenchmarkValidateStructLarge(b *testing.B) {
+
+	tFail := &TestString{
+		Required:  "",
+		Len:       "",
+		Min:       "",
+		Max:       "12345678901",
+		MinMax:    "",
+		Lt:        "0123456789",
+		Lte:       "01234567890",
+		Gt:        "1",
+		Gte:       "1",
+		OmitEmpty: "12345678901",
+		Sub: &SubTest{
+			Test: "",
+		},
+		Anonymous: struct {
+			A string `validate:"required"`
+		}{
+			A: "",
+		},
+		Iface: &Impl{
+			F: "12",
+		},
+	}
+
+	tSuccess := &TestString{
+		Required:  "Required",
+		Len:       "length==10",
+		Min:       "min=1",
+		Max:       "1234567890",
+		MinMax:    "12345",
+		Lt:        "012345678",
+		Lte:       "0123456789",
+		Gt:        "01234567890",
+		Gte:       "0123456789",
+		OmitEmpty: "",
+		Sub: &SubTest{
+			Test: "1",
+		},
+		SubIgnore: &SubTest{
+			Test: "",
+		},
+		Anonymous: struct {
+			A string `validate:"required"`
+		}{
+			A: "1",
+		},
+		Iface: &Impl{
+			F: "123",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		validate.Struct(tSuccess)
+		validate.Struct(tFail)
+	}
+}
+
+// func BenchmarkTemplateParallelLarge(b *testing.B) {
+
+// 	tFail := &TestString{
+// 		Required:  "",
+// 		Len:       "",
+// 		Min:       "",
+// 		Max:       "12345678901",
+// 		MinMax:    "",
+// 		Lt:        "0123456789",
+// 		Lte:       "01234567890",
+// 		Gt:        "1",
+// 		Gte:       "1",
+// 		OmitEmpty: "12345678901",
+// 		Sub: &SubTest{
+// 			Test: "",
+// 		},
+// 		Anonymous: struct {
+// 			A string `validate:"required"`
+// 		}{
+// 			A: "",
+// 		},
+// 		Iface: &Impl{
+// 			F: "12",
+// 		},
+// 	}
+
+// 	tSuccess := &TestString{
+// 		Required:  "Required",
+// 		Len:       "length==10",
+// 		Min:       "min=1",
+// 		Max:       "1234567890",
+// 		MinMax:    "12345",
+// 		Lt:        "012345678",
+// 		Lte:       "0123456789",
+// 		Gt:        "01234567890",
+// 		Gte:       "0123456789",
+// 		OmitEmpty: "",
+// 		Sub: &SubTest{
+// 			Test: "1",
+// 		},
+// 		SubIgnore: &SubTest{
+// 			Test: "",
+// 		},
+// 		Anonymous: struct {
+// 			A string `validate:"required"`
+// 		}{
+// 			A: "1",
+// 		},
+// 		Iface: &Impl{
+// 			F: "123",
+// 		},
+// 	}
+
+// 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+// 		for pb.Next() {
+// 			validate.Struct(tSuccess)
+// 			validate.Struct(tFail)
+// 		}
+// 	})
+// }

doc.go

@@ -168,11 +168,30 @@ Here is a list of the current built in validators:
 		verify it has been assigned.
 
 	omitempty
-		Allows conitional validation, for example if a field is not set with
+		Allows conditional validation, for example if a field is not set with
 		a value (Determined by the required validator) then other validation
 		such as min or max won't run, but if a value is set validation will run.
 		(Usage: omitempty)
 
+	dive
+		This tells the validator to dive into a slice, array or map and validate that
+		level of the slice, array or map with the validation tags that follow.
+		Multidimensional nesting is also supported, each level you with to dive will
+		require another dive tag. (Usage: dive)
+		Example: [][]string with validation tag "gt=0,dive,len=1,dive,required"
+		gt=0 will be applied to []
+		len=1 will be applied to []string
+		required will be applied to string
+		Example2: [][]string with validation tag "gt=0,dive,dive,required"
+		gt=0 will be applied to []
+		[]string will be spared validation
+		required will be applied to string
+		NOTE: in Example2 if the required validation failed, but all others passed
+		the hierarchy of FieldError's in the middle with have their IsPlaceHolder field
+		set to true. If a FieldError has IsSliceOrMap=true or IsMap=true then the
+		FieldError is a Slice or Map field and if IsPlaceHolder=true then contains errors
+		within its SliceOrArrayErrs or MapErrs fields.
+
 	required
 		This validates that the value is not the data types default value.
 		For numbers ensures value is not zero. For strings ensures value is
@@ -362,6 +381,66 @@ Here is a list of the current built in validators:
 		This validates that a string value does not contain the supplied rune value.
 		(Usage: excludesrune=@)
 
+	isbn
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid isbn10 or isbn13 value.
+		(Usage: isbn)
+
+	isbn10
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid isbn10 value.
+		(Usage: isbn10)
+
+	isbn13
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid isbn13 value.
+		(Usage: isbn13)
+
+	uuid
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid UUID.
+		(Usage: uuid)
+
+	uuid3
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid version 3 UUID.
+		(Usage: uuid3)
+
+	uuid4
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid version 4 UUID.
+		(Usage: uuid4)
+
+	uuid5
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid version 5 UUID.
+		(Usage: uuid5)
+
+	ascii
+		This validates that a string value contains only ASCII characters.
+		NOTE: if the string is blank, this validates as true.
+		(Usage: ascii)
+
+	asciiprint
+		This validates that a string value contains only printable ASCII characters.
+		NOTE: if the string is blank, this validates as true.
+		(Usage: asciiprint)
+
+	multibyte
+		This validates that a string value contains one or more multibyte characters.
+		NOTE: if the string is blank, this validates as true.
+		(Usage: multibyte)
+
+	datauri
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid DataURI.
+		NOTE: this will also validate that the data portion is valid base64
+		(Usage: datauri)
+
+	latitude
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid latitude.
+		(Usage: latitude)
+
+	longitude
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid longitude.
+		(Usage: longitude)
+
+	ssn
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid U.S. Social Security Number.
+		(Usage: ssn)
+
 Validator notes:
 
 	regex

examples_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package validator_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"../validator"
+)
+
+func ExampleValidate_new() {
+	validator.New("validate", validator.BakedInValidators)
+}
+
+func ExampleValidate_addFunction() {
+	// This should be stored somewhere globally
+	var validate *validator.Validate
+
+	validate = validator.New("validate", validator.BakedInValidators)
+
+	fn := func(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+		return field.(string) == "hello"
+	}
+
+	validate.AddFunction("valueishello", fn)
+
+	message := "hello"
+	err := validate.Field(message, "valueishello")
+	fmt.Println(err)
+	//Output:
+	//<nil>
+}
+
+func ExampleValidate_field() {
+	// This should be stored somewhere globally
+	var validate *validator.Validate
+
+	validate = validator.New("validate", validator.BakedInValidators)
+
+	i := 0
+	err := validate.Field(i, "gt=1,lte=10")
+	fmt.Println(err.Field)
+	fmt.Println(err.Tag)
+	fmt.Println(err.Kind) // NOTE: Kind and Type can be different i.e. time Kind=struct and Type=time.Time
+	fmt.Println(err.Type)
+	fmt.Println(err.Param)
+	fmt.Println(err.Value)
+	//Output:
+	//
+	//gt
+	//int
+	//int
+	//1
+	//0
+}
+
+func ExampleValidate_struct() {
+	// This should be stored somewhere globally
+	var validate *validator.Validate
+
+	validate = validator.New("validate", validator.BakedInValidators)
+
+	type ContactInformation struct {
+		Phone  string `validate:"required"`
+		Street string `validate:"required"`
+		City   string `validate:"required"`
+	}
+
+	type User struct {
+		Name               string `validate:"required,excludesall=!@#$%^&*()_+-=:;?/0x2C"` // 0x2C = comma (,)
+		Age                int8   `validate:"required,gt=0,lt=150"`
+		Email              string `validate:"email"`
+		ContactInformation []*ContactInformation
+	}
+
+	contactInfo := &ContactInformation{
+		Street: "26 Here Blvd.",
+		City:   "Paradeso",
+	}
+
+	user := &User{
+		Name:               "Joey Bloggs",
+		Age:                31,
+		Email:              "joeybloggs@gmail.com",
+		ContactInformation: []*ContactInformation{contactInfo},
+	}
+
+	structError := validate.Struct(user)
+	for _, fieldError := range structError.Errors {
+		fmt.Println(fieldError.Field) // Phone
+		fmt.Println(fieldError.Tag)   // required
+		//... and so forth
+		//Output:
+		//Phone
+		//required
+	}
+}

regexes.go

@@ -9,12 +9,25 @@ const (
 	numberRegexString         = "^[0-9]+$"
 	hexadecimalRegexString    = "^[0-9a-fA-F]+$"
 	hexcolorRegexString       = "^#(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{3}|[0-9a-fA-F]{6})$"
-	rgbRegexString          = "^rgb\\(\\s*(0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\s*,\\s*(0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\s*,\\s*(0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\s*\\)$"
+	rgbRegexString            = "^rgb\\(\\s*(?:(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\s*,\\s*(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\s*,\\s*(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])|(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])%\\s*,\\s*(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])%\\s*,\\s*(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])%)\\s*\\)$"
-	rgbaRegexString         = "^rgba\\(\\s*(0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\s*,\\s*(0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\s*,\\s*(0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\s*,\\s*((0.[1-9]*)|[01])\\s*\\)$"
+	rgbaRegexString           = "^rgba\\(\\s*(?:(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\s*,\\s*(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\s*,\\s*(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])|(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])%\\s*,\\s*(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])%\\s*,\\s*(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])%)\\s*,\\s*(?:(?:0.[1-9]*)|[01])\\s*\\)$"
-	hslRegexString          = "^hsl\\(\\s*(0|[1-9]\\d?|[12]\\d\\d|3[0-5]\\d|360)\\s*,\\s*((0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*,\\s*((0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*\\)$"
+	hslRegexString            = "^hsl\\(\\s*(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|[12]\\d\\d|3[0-5]\\d|360)\\s*,\\s*(?:(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*,\\s*(?:(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*\\)$"
-	hslaRegexString         = "^hsla\\(\\s*(0|[1-9]\\d?|[12]\\d\\d|3[0-5]\\d|360)\\s*,\\s*((0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*,\\s*((0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*,\\s*((0.[1-9]*)|[01])\\s*\\)$"
+	hslaRegexString           = "^hsla\\(\\s*(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|[12]\\d\\d|3[0-5]\\d|360)\\s*,\\s*(?:(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*,\\s*(?:(?:0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*,\\s*(?:(?:0.[1-9]*)|[01])\\s*\\)$"
-	emailRegexString        = "^(((([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+(\\.([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+)*)|((\\x22)((((\\x20|\\x09)*(\\x0d\\x0a))?(\\x20|\\x09)+)?(([\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x7f]|\\x21|[\\x23-\\x5b]|[\\x5d-\\x7e]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(\\([\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0d-\\x7f]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}]))))*(((\\x20|\\x09)*(\\x0d\\x0a))?(\\x20|\\x09)+)?(\\x22)))@((([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])([a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|\\.|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.)+(([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])([a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|\\.|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.?$"
+	emailRegexString          = "^(?:(?:(?:(?:[a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+(?:\\.([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+)*)|(?:(?:\\x22)(?:(?:(?:(?:\\x20|\\x09)*(?:\\x0d\\x0a))?(?:\\x20|\\x09)+)?(?:(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x7f]|\\x21|[\\x23-\\x5b]|[\\x5d-\\x7e]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(?:\\(?:[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0d-\\x7f]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}]))))*(?:(?:(?:\\x20|\\x09)*(?:\\x0d\\x0a))?(\\x20|\\x09)+)?(?:\\x22)))@(?:(?:(?:[a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(?:(?:[a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])(?:[a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|\\.|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*(?:[a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.)+(?:(?:[a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(?:(?:[a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])(?:[a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|\\.|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*(?:[a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.?$"
-	base64RegexString       = "(?:^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+\\/]{4}\\n?)*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+\\/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+\\/]{3}=)$)"
+	base64RegexString         = "^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+\\/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+\\/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+\\/]{3}=|[A-Za-z0-9+\\/]{4})$"
+	iSBN10RegexString         = "^(?:[0-9]{9}X|[0-9]{10})$"
+	iSBN13RegexString         = "^(?:(?:97(?:8|9))[0-9]{10})$"
+	uUID3RegexString          = "^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-3[0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$"
+	uUID4RegexString          = "^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$"
+	uUID5RegexString          = "^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-5[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$"
+	uUIDRegexString           = "^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$"
+	aSCIIRegexString          = "^[\x00-\x7F]*$"
+	printableASCIIRegexString = "^[\x20-\x7E]*$"
+	multibyteRegexString      = "[^\x00-\x7F]"
+	dataURIRegexString        = "^data:.+\\/(.+);base64$"
+	latitudeRegexString       = "^[-+]?([1-8]?\\d(\\.\\d+)?|90(\\.0+)?)$"
+	longitudeRegexString      = "^[-+]?(180(\\.0+)?|((1[0-7]\\d)|([1-9]?\\d))(\\.\\d+)?)$"
+	sSNRegexString            = `^\d{3}[- ]?\d{2}[- ]?\d{4}$`
 )
 
 var (
@@ -30,6 +43,19 @@ var (
 	hslaRegex           = regexp.MustCompile(hslaRegexString)
 	emailRegex          = regexp.MustCompile(emailRegexString)
 	base64Regex         = regexp.MustCompile(base64RegexString)
+	iSBN10Regex         = regexp.MustCompile(iSBN10RegexString)
+	iSBN13Regex         = regexp.MustCompile(iSBN13RegexString)
+	uUID3Regex          = regexp.MustCompile(uUID3RegexString)
+	uUID4Regex          = regexp.MustCompile(uUID4RegexString)
+	uUID5Regex          = regexp.MustCompile(uUID5RegexString)
+	uUIDRegex           = regexp.MustCompile(uUIDRegexString)
+	aSCIIRegex          = regexp.MustCompile(aSCIIRegexString)
+	printableASCIIRegex = regexp.MustCompile(printableASCIIRegexString)
+	multibyteRegex      = regexp.MustCompile(multibyteRegexString)
+	dataURIRegex        = regexp.MustCompile(dataURIRegexString)
+	latitudeRegex       = regexp.MustCompile(latitudeRegexString)
+	longitudeRegex      = regexp.MustCompile(longitudeRegexString)
+	sSNRegex            = regexp.MustCompile(sSNRegexString)
 )
 
 func matchesRegex(regex *regexp.Regexp, field interface{}) bool {

validator.go

@@ -27,8 +27,15 @@ const (
 	tagKeySeparator = "="
 	structOnlyTag   = "structonly"
 	omitempty       = "omitempty"
+	required        = "required"
 	fieldErrMsg     = "Field validation for \"%s\" failed on the \"%s\" tag"
+	sliceErrMsg     = "Field validation for \"%s\" failed at index \"%d\" with error(s): %s"
+	mapErrMsg       = "Field validation for \"%s\" failed on key \"%v\" with error(s): %s"
 	structErrMsg    = "Struct:%s\n"
+	diveTag         = "dive"
+	// diveSplit           = "," + diveTag
+	arrayIndexFieldName = "%s[%d]"
+	mapIndexFieldName   = "%s[%v]"
 )
 
 var structPool *pool
@@ -64,8 +71,6 @@ func (p *pool) Borrow() *StructErrors {
 // Return returns a StructErrors to the pool.
 func (p *pool) Return(c *StructErrors) {
 
-	// c.Struct = ""
-
 	select {
 	case p.pool <- c:
 	default:
@@ -86,6 +91,15 @@ type cachedField struct {
 	kind           reflect.Kind
 	typ            reflect.Type
 	isTime         bool
+	isSliceOrArray bool
+	isMap          bool
+	isTimeSubtype  bool
+	sliceSubtype   reflect.Type
+	mapSubtype     reflect.Type
+	sliceSubKind   reflect.Kind
+	mapSubKind     reflect.Kind
+	dive           bool
+	diveTag        string
 }
 
 type cachedStruct struct {
@@ -144,11 +158,38 @@ type FieldError struct {
 	Type             reflect.Type
 	Param            string
 	Value            interface{}
+	IsPlaceholderErr bool
+	IsSliceOrArray   bool
+	IsMap            bool
+	SliceOrArrayErrs map[int]error         // counld be FieldError, StructErrors
+	MapErrs          map[interface{}]error // counld be FieldError, StructErrors
 }
 
 // This is intended for use in development + debugging and not intended to be a production error message.
 // it also allows FieldError to be used as an Error interface
 func (e *FieldError) Error() string {
+
+	if e.IsPlaceholderErr {
+
+		buff := bytes.NewBufferString("")
+
+		if e.IsSliceOrArray {
+
+			for j, err := range e.SliceOrArrayErrs {
+				buff.WriteString("\n")
+				buff.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(sliceErrMsg, e.Field, j, "\n"+err.Error()))
+			}
+
+		} else if e.IsMap {
+
+			for key, err := range e.MapErrs {
+				buff.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(mapErrMsg, e.Field, key, "\n"+err.Error()))
+			}
+		}
+
+		return strings.TrimSpace(buff.String())
+	}
+
 	return fmt.Sprintf(fieldErrMsg, e.Field, e.Tag)
 }
 
@@ -178,7 +219,7 @@ func (e *StructErrors) Error() string {
 		buff.WriteString(err.Error())
 	}
 
-	return buff.String()
+	return strings.TrimSpace(buff.String())
 }
 
 // Flatten flattens the StructErrors hierarchical structure into a flat namespace style field name
@@ -246,7 +287,7 @@ func (v *Validate) SetTag(tagName string) {
 	v.tagName = tagName
 }
 
-// SetStructPoolMax sets the  struct pools max size. this may be usefull for fine grained
+// SetMaxStructPoolSize sets the  struct pools max size. this may be usefull for fine grained
 // performance tuning towards your application, however, the default should be fine for
 // nearly all cases. only increase if you have a deeply nested struct structure.
 // NOTE: this method is not thread-safe
@@ -340,7 +381,7 @@ func (v *Validate) structRecursive(top interface{}, current interface{}, s inter
 
 			typeField = structType.Field(i)
 
-			cField = &cachedField{index: i, tag: typeField.Tag.Get(v.tagName)}
+			cField = &cachedField{index: i, tag: typeField.Tag.Get(v.tagName), isTime: (valueField.Type() == reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{}) || valueField.Type() == reflect.TypeOf(&time.Time{}))}
 
 			if cField.tag == noValidationTag {
 				cs.children--
@@ -373,9 +414,7 @@ func (v *Validate) structRecursive(top interface{}, current interface{}, s inter
 				continue
 			}
 
-			if cField.isTime || valueField.Type() == reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{}) {
+			if cField.isTime {
-
-				cField.isTime = true
 
 				if fieldError := v.fieldWithNameAndValue(top, current, valueField.Interface(), cField.tag, cField.name, false, cField); fieldError != nil {
 					validationErrors.Errors[fieldError.Field] = fieldError
@@ -390,6 +429,24 @@ func (v *Validate) structRecursive(top interface{}, current interface{}, s inter
 					continue
 				}
 
+				if valueField.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && valueField.IsNil() {
+
+					if strings.Contains(cField.tag, omitempty) {
+						continue
+					}
+
+					if strings.Contains(cField.tag, required) {
+
+						validationErrors.Errors[cField.name] = &FieldError{
+							Field: cField.name,
+							Tag:   required,
+							Value: valueField.Interface(),
+						}
+
+						continue
+					}
+				}
+
 				if structErrors := v.structRecursive(top, valueField.Interface(), valueField.Interface()); structErrors != nil {
 					validationErrors.StructErrors[cField.name] = structErrors
 					// free up memory map no longer needed
@@ -397,13 +454,36 @@ func (v *Validate) structRecursive(top interface{}, current interface{}, s inter
 				}
 			}
 
-		default:
+		case reflect.Slice, reflect.Array:
+			cField.isSliceOrArray = true
+			cField.sliceSubtype = cField.typ.Elem()
+			cField.isTimeSubtype = (cField.sliceSubtype == reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{}) || cField.sliceSubtype == reflect.TypeOf(&time.Time{}))
+			cField.sliceSubKind = cField.sliceSubtype.Kind()
 
 			if fieldError := v.fieldWithNameAndValue(top, current, valueField.Interface(), cField.tag, cField.name, false, cField); fieldError != nil {
 				validationErrors.Errors[fieldError.Field] = fieldError
 				// free up memory reference
 				fieldError = nil
 			}
+
+		case reflect.Map:
+			cField.isMap = true
+			cField.mapSubtype = cField.typ.Elem()
+			cField.isTimeSubtype = (cField.mapSubtype == reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{}) || cField.mapSubtype == reflect.TypeOf(&time.Time{}))
+			cField.mapSubKind = cField.mapSubtype.Kind()
+
+			if fieldError := v.fieldWithNameAndValue(top, current, valueField.Interface(), cField.tag, cField.name, false, cField); fieldError != nil {
+				validationErrors.Errors[fieldError.Field] = fieldError
+				// free up memory reference
+				fieldError = nil
+			}
+
+		default:
+			if fieldError := v.fieldWithNameAndValue(top, current, valueField.Interface(), cField.tag, cField.name, false, cField); fieldError != nil {
+				validationErrors.Errors[fieldError.Field] = fieldError
+				// free up memory reference
+				fieldError = nil
+			}
 		}
 
 		if !isCached {
@@ -421,13 +501,11 @@ func (v *Validate) structRecursive(top interface{}, current interface{}, s inter
 
 // Field allows validation of a single field, still using tag style validation to check multiple errors
 func (v *Validate) Field(f interface{}, tag string) *FieldError {
-
 	return v.FieldWithValue(nil, f, tag)
 }
 
 // FieldWithValue allows validation of a single field, possibly even against another fields value, still using tag style validation to check multiple errors
 func (v *Validate) FieldWithValue(val interface{}, f interface{}, tag string) *FieldError {
-
 	return v.fieldWithNameAndValue(nil, val, f, tag, "", true, nil)
 }
 
@@ -435,6 +513,7 @@ func (v *Validate) fieldWithNameAndValue(val interface{}, current interface{}, f
 
 	var cField *cachedField
 	var isCached bool
+	var valueField reflect.Value
 
 	// This is a double check if coming from validate.Struct but need to be here in case function is called directly
 	if tag == noValidationTag {
@@ -445,8 +524,9 @@ func (v *Validate) fieldWithNameAndValue(val interface{}, current interface{}, f
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	valueField = reflect.ValueOf(f)
+
 	if cacheField == nil {
-		valueField := reflect.ValueOf(f)
 
 		if valueField.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && !valueField.IsNil() {
 			valueField = valueField.Elem()
@@ -454,6 +534,21 @@ func (v *Validate) fieldWithNameAndValue(val interface{}, current interface{}, f
 		}
 
 		cField = &cachedField{name: name, kind: valueField.Kind(), tag: tag, typ: valueField.Type()}
+
+		switch cField.kind {
+		case reflect.Slice, reflect.Array:
+			isSingleField = false // cached tags mean nothing because it will be split up while diving
+			cField.isSliceOrArray = true
+			cField.sliceSubtype = cField.typ.Elem()
+			cField.isTimeSubtype = (cField.sliceSubtype == reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{}) || cField.sliceSubtype == reflect.TypeOf(&time.Time{}))
+			cField.sliceSubKind = cField.sliceSubtype.Kind()
+		case reflect.Map:
+			isSingleField = false // cached tags mean nothing because it will be split up while diving
+			cField.isMap = true
+			cField.mapSubtype = cField.typ.Elem()
+			cField.isTimeSubtype = (cField.mapSubtype == reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{}) || cField.mapSubtype == reflect.TypeOf(&time.Time{}))
+			cField.mapSubKind = cField.mapSubtype.Kind()
+		}
 	} else {
 		cField = cacheField
 	}
@@ -463,7 +558,7 @@ func (v *Validate) fieldWithNameAndValue(val interface{}, current interface{}, f
 	case reflect.Struct, reflect.Interface, reflect.Invalid:
 
 		if cField.typ != reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{}) {
-			panic("Invalid field passed to ValidateFieldWithTag")
+			panic("Invalid field passed to fieldWithNameAndValue")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -477,6 +572,13 @@ func (v *Validate) fieldWithNameAndValue(val interface{}, current interface{}, f
 
 			for _, t := range strings.Split(tag, tagSeparator) {
 
+				if t == diveTag {
+
+					cField.dive = true
+					cField.diveTag = strings.TrimLeft(strings.SplitN(tag, diveTag, 2)[1], ",")
+					break
+				}
+
 				orVals := strings.Split(t, orSeparator)
 				cTag := &cachedTags{isOrVal: len(orVals) > 1, keyVals: make([][]string, len(orVals))}
 				cField.tags = append(cField.tags, cTag)
@@ -543,9 +645,163 @@ func (v *Validate) fieldWithNameAndValue(val interface{}, current interface{}, f
 		}
 	}
 
+	if cField.dive {
+
+		if cField.isSliceOrArray {
+
+			if errs := v.traverseSliceOrArray(val, current, valueField, cField); errs != nil && len(errs) > 0 {
+
+				return &FieldError{
+					Field:            cField.name,
+					Kind:             cField.kind,
+					Type:             cField.typ,
+					Value:            f,
+					IsPlaceholderErr: true,
+					IsSliceOrArray:   true,
+					SliceOrArrayErrs: errs,
+				}
+			}
+
+		} else if cField.isMap {
+			if errs := v.traverseMap(val, current, valueField, cField); errs != nil && len(errs) > 0 {
+
+				return &FieldError{
+					Field:            cField.name,
+					Kind:             cField.kind,
+					Type:             cField.typ,
+					Value:            f,
+					IsPlaceholderErr: true,
+					IsMap:            true,
+					MapErrs:          errs,
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			// throw error, if not a slice or map then should not have gotten here
+			panic("dive error! can't dive on a non slice or map")
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (v *Validate) traverseMap(val interface{}, current interface{}, valueField reflect.Value, cField *cachedField) map[interface{}]error {
+
+	errs := map[interface{}]error{}
+
+	for _, key := range valueField.MapKeys() {
+
+		idxField := valueField.MapIndex(key)
+
+		if cField.mapSubKind == reflect.Ptr && !idxField.IsNil() {
+			idxField = idxField.Elem()
+			cField.mapSubKind = idxField.Kind()
+		}
+
+		switch cField.mapSubKind {
+		case reflect.Struct, reflect.Interface:
+
+			if cField.isTimeSubtype {
+
+				if fieldError := v.fieldWithNameAndValue(val, current, idxField.Interface(), cField.diveTag, fmt.Sprintf(mapIndexFieldName, cField.name, key.Interface()), false, nil); fieldError != nil {
+					errs[key.Interface()] = fieldError
+				}
+
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if idxField.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && idxField.IsNil() {
+
+				if strings.Contains(cField.tag, omitempty) {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				if strings.Contains(cField.tag, required) {
+
+					errs[key.Interface()] = &FieldError{
+						Field: fmt.Sprintf(mapIndexFieldName, cField.name, key.Interface()),
+						Tag:   required,
+						Value: idxField.Interface(),
+						Kind:  reflect.Ptr,
+						Type:  cField.mapSubtype,
+					}
+				}
+
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if structErrors := v.structRecursive(val, current, idxField.Interface()); structErrors != nil {
+				errs[key.Interface()] = structErrors
+			}
+
+		default:
+			if fieldError := v.fieldWithNameAndValue(val, current, idxField.Interface(), cField.diveTag, fmt.Sprintf(mapIndexFieldName, cField.name, key.Interface()), false, nil); fieldError != nil {
+				errs[key.Interface()] = fieldError
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return errs
+}
+
+func (v *Validate) traverseSliceOrArray(val interface{}, current interface{}, valueField reflect.Value, cField *cachedField) map[int]error {
+
+	errs := map[int]error{}
+
+	for i := 0; i < valueField.Len(); i++ {
+
+		idxField := valueField.Index(i)
+
+		if cField.sliceSubKind == reflect.Ptr && !idxField.IsNil() {
+			idxField = idxField.Elem()
+			cField.sliceSubKind = idxField.Kind()
+		}
+
+		switch cField.sliceSubKind {
+		case reflect.Struct, reflect.Interface:
+
+			if cField.isTimeSubtype {
+
+				if fieldError := v.fieldWithNameAndValue(val, current, idxField.Interface(), cField.diveTag, fmt.Sprintf(arrayIndexFieldName, cField.name, i), false, nil); fieldError != nil {
+					errs[i] = fieldError
+				}
+
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if idxField.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && idxField.IsNil() {
+
+				if strings.Contains(cField.tag, omitempty) {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				if strings.Contains(cField.tag, required) {
+
+					errs[i] = &FieldError{
+						Field: fmt.Sprintf(arrayIndexFieldName, cField.name, i),
+						Tag:   required,
+						Value: idxField.Interface(),
+						Kind:  reflect.Ptr,
+						Type:  cField.sliceSubtype,
+					}
+				}
+
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if structErrors := v.structRecursive(val, current, idxField.Interface()); structErrors != nil {
+				errs[i] = structErrors
+			}
+
+		default:
+			if fieldError := v.fieldWithNameAndValue(val, current, idxField.Interface(), cField.diveTag, fmt.Sprintf(arrayIndexFieldName, cField.name, i), false, nil); fieldError != nil {
+				errs[i] = fieldError
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return errs
+}
+
 func (v *Validate) fieldWithNameAndSingleTag(val interface{}, current interface{}, f interface{}, key string, param string, name string) (*FieldError, error) {
 
 	// OK to continue because we checked it's existance before getting into this loop