Add test + docs for FieldLevel.GetTag

field_level.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type FieldLevel interface {
 	// returns param for validation against current field
 	Param() string
 
+	// GetTag returns the current validations tag name
 	GetTag() string
 
 	// ExtractType gets the actual underlying type of field value.
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ func (v *validate) FieldName() string {
 	return v.cf.altName
 }
 
-// GetTag returns the tag name of field
+// GetTag returns the current validations tag name
 func (v *validate) GetTag() string {
 	return v.ct.tag
 }

validator_test.go

@@ -8959,3 +8959,22 @@ func TestRequiredWithoutAllPointers(t *testing.T) {
 	errs = val.Struct(lookup)
 	Equal(t, errs, nil)
 }
+
+func TestGetTag(t *testing.T) {
+	var tag string
+
+	type Test struct {
+		String string `validate:"mytag"`
+	}
+
+	val := New()
+	val.RegisterValidation("mytag", func(fl FieldLevel) bool {
+		tag = fl.GetTag()
+		return true
+	})
+
+	var test Test
+	errs := val.Struct(test)
+	Equal(t, errs, nil)
+	Equal(t, tag, "mytag")
+}