Repository: kubernetes/klog
Pull request #374 (2023-04-11 15:31:19)

add Format wrapper
**What this PR does / why we need it**:

The wrapper function solves two problems:
- Types which inherit a String implementation from some embedded type and then don't overwrite it log just the embedded type as string. Example: KubeletConfig.
- Types which have a generated String implementation and no MarshalLog get always logged as string, also in JSON. Example: all of the Kubernetes API types.

Ideally, types should get fixed to handle both cases. klog.Format is the fallback for cases where that is not possible or not desirable: it implements String as an indented JSON dump and MarshalLog as value dump through reflection.

**Special notes for your reviewer**:

See https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116952 for a solution with YAML for pretty-printing. 

The issue came up in https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115950.

**Release note**:
```release-note
Variables with an unsuitable String or MarshalLog implementation can be wrapped in log calls with Format to implement String with an indented JSON dump and MarshalLog with dumping the value through reflection.
```


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Patch:
diff --git a/examples/go.sum b/examples/go.sum
index 3326ef4..bd1b6f6 100644
--- a/examples/go.sum
+++ b/examples/go.sum
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
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diff --git a/format.go b/format.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63995ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/format.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes 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 klog
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+)
+
+// Format wraps a value of an arbitrary type and implement fmt.Stringer and
+// logr.Marshaler for them. Stringer returns pretty-printed JSON. MarshalLog
+// returns the original value with a type that has no special methods, in
+// particular no MarshalLog or MarshalJSON.
+//
+// Wrapping values like that is useful when the value has a broken
+// implementation of these special functions (for example, a type which
+// inherits String from TypeMeta, but then doesn't re-implement String) or the
+// implementation produces output that is less readable or unstructured (for
+// example, the generated String functions for Kubernetes API types).
+func Format(obj interface{}) interface{} {
+	return formatAny{Object: obj}
+}
+
+type formatAny struct {
+	Object interface{}
+}
+
+func (f formatAny) String() string {
+	var buffer strings.Builder
+	encoder := json.NewEncoder(&buffer)
+	encoder.SetIndent("", "  ")
+	if err := encoder.Encode(&f.Object); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("error marshaling %T to JSON: %v", f, err)
+	}
+	return buffer.String()
+}
+
+func (f formatAny) MarshalLog() interface{} {
+	// Returning a pointer to a pointer ensures that zapr doesn't find a
+	// fmt.Stringer or logr.Marshaler when it checks the type of the
+	// value. It then falls back to reflection, which dumps the value being
+	// pointed to (JSON doesn't have pointers).
+	ptr := &f.Object
+	return &ptr
+}
+
+var _ fmt.Stringer = formatAny{}
+var _ logr.Marshaler = formatAny{}


Test patch:
diff --git a/format_test.go b/format_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd19145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/format_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes 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 klog_test
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+)
+
+func TestFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	obj := config{
+		TypeMeta: TypeMeta{
+			Kind: "config",
+		},
+		RealField: 42,
+	}
+
+	assertEqual(t, "kind is config", obj.String(), "config.String()")
+	assertEqual(t, `{
+  "Kind": "config",
+  "RealField": 42
+}
+`, klog.Format(obj).(fmt.Stringer).String(), "Format(config).String()")
+	// fmt.Sprintf would call String if it was available.
+	str := fmt.Sprintf("%s", klog.Format(obj).(logr.Marshaler).MarshalLog())
+	if strings.Index(str, "kind is config") >= 0 {
+		t.Errorf("fmt.Sprintf called TypeMeta.String for klog.Format(obj).MarshalLog():\n%s", str)
+	}
+
+	structured, err := json.Marshal(klog.Format(obj).(logr.Marshaler).MarshalLog())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("JSON Marshal: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		assertEqual(t, `{"Kind":"config","RealField":42}`, string(structured), "json.Marshal(klog.Format(obj).MarshalLog())")
+	}
+}
+
+func assertEqual(t *testing.T, expected, actual, what string) {
+	if expected != actual {
+		t.Errorf("%s:\nExpected\n%s\nActual\n%s\n", what, expected, actual)
+	}
+}
+
+type TypeMeta struct {
+	Kind string
+}
+
+func (t TypeMeta) String() string {
+	return "kind is " + t.Kind
+}
+
+func (t TypeMeta) MarshalLog() interface{} {
+	return t.Kind
+}
+
+type config struct {
+	TypeMeta
+
+	RealField int
+}
diff --git a/test/output.go b/test/output.go
index ecba5d4..dff4d42 100644
--- a/test/output.go
+++ b/test/output.go
@@ -595,6 +595,15 @@ func Output(t *testing.T, config OutputConfig) {
 	}
 
 	if config.NewLogger == nil || config.AsBackend {
+		configStruct := klog.Format(myConfig{typeMeta: typeMeta{Kind: "config"}, RealField: 42})
+		configStructOutput := `I output.go:<LINE>] "Format" config=<
+	{
+	  "Kind": "config",
+	  "RealField": 42
+	}
+ >
+`
+
 		// Test all klog output functions.
 		//
 		// Each test case must be defined with the same number of
@@ -760,6 +769,11 @@ func Output(t *testing.T, config OutputConfig) {
 				logFunc: func() { klog.V(1).ErrorS(errors.New("hello"), "one world") },
 				output:  "E output.go:<LINE>] \"one world\" err=\"hello\"\n",
 			},
+			{
+				name:    "Format InfoS",
+				logFunc: func() { klog.InfoS("Format", "config", configStruct) },
+				output:  configStructOutput,
+			},
 		}
 		_, _, line, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
 
@@ -964,3 +978,26 @@ func (f faultyError) Error() string {
 }
 
 var _ error = faultyError{}
+
+// typeMeta implements fmt.Stringer and logr.Marshaler. config below
+// inherits those (incomplete!) implementations.
+type typeMeta struct {
+	Kind string
+}
+
+func (t typeMeta) String() string {
+	return "kind is " + t.Kind
+}
+
+func (t typeMeta) MarshalLog() interface{} {
+	return t.Kind
+}
+
+type myConfig struct {
+	typeMeta
+
+	RealField int
+}
+
+var _ logr.Marshaler = myConfig{}
+var _ fmt.Stringer = myConfig{}
diff --git a/test/zapr.go b/test/zapr.go
index 680e022..c9d47fc 100644
--- a/test/zapr.go
+++ b/test/zapr.go
@@ -228,6 +228,15 @@ I output.go:<LINE>] "odd WithValues" keyWithoutValue="(MISSING)"
 		`I output.go:<LINE>] "map keys" map[test:%!s(bool=true)]="test"
 `: `{"caller":"test/output.go:<LINE>","msg":"non-string key argument passed to logging, ignoring all later arguments","invalid key":{"test":true}}
 {"caller":"test/output.go:<LINE>","msg":"map keys","v":0}
+`,
+
+		`I output.go:<LINE>] "Format" config=<
+	{
+	  "Kind": "config",
+	  "RealField": 42
+	}
+ >
+`: `{"caller":"test/output.go:<LINE>","msg":"Format","v":0,"config":{"Kind":"config","RealField":42}}
 `,
 	}
 }