// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause // ctxkey provides type-safe key-value pairs for use with [context.Context]. // // Example usage: // // // Create a context key. // var TimeoutKey = ctxkey.New("mapreduce.Timeout", 5*time.Second) // // // Store a context value. // ctx = mapreduce.TimeoutKey.WithValue(ctx, 10*time.Second) // // // Load a context value. // timeout := mapreduce.TimeoutKey.Value(ctx) // ... // use timeout of type time.Duration // // This is inspired by https://go.dev/issue/49189. package ctxkey import ( "context" "fmt" "reflect" ) // Key is a generic key type associated with a specific value type. // // A zero Key is valid where the Value type itself is used as the context key. // This pattern should only be used with locally declared Go types, // otherwise different packages risk producing key conflicts. // // Example usage: // // type peerInfo struct { ... } // peerInfo is a locally declared type // var peerInfoKey ctxkey.Key[peerInfo] // ctx = peerInfoKey.WithValue(ctx, info) // store a context value // info = peerInfoKey.Value(ctx) // load a context value type Key[Value any] struct { name *stringer[string] defVal *Value } // New constructs a new context key with an associated value type // where the default value for an unpopulated value is the provided value. // // The provided name is an arbitrary name only used for human debugging. // As a convention, it is recommended that the name be the dot-delimited // combination of the package name of the caller with the variable name. // If the name is not provided, then the name of the Value type is used. // Every key is unique, even if provided the same name. // // Example usage: // // package mapreduce // var NumWorkersKey = ctxkey.New("mapreduce.NumWorkers", runtime.NumCPU()) func New[Value any](name string, defaultValue Value) Key[Value] { // Allocate a new stringer to ensure that every invocation of New // creates a universally unique context key even for the same name // since newly allocated pointers are globally unique within a process. key := Key[Value]{name: new(stringer[string])} if name == "" { name = reflect.TypeFor[Value]().String() } key.name.v = name if v := reflect.ValueOf(defaultValue); v.IsValid() && !v.IsZero() { key.defVal = &defaultValue } return key } // contextKey returns the context key to use. func (key Key[Value]) contextKey() any { if key.name == nil { // Use the reflect.Type of the Value (implies key not created by New). return reflect.TypeFor[Value]() } else { // Use the name pointer directly (implies key created by New). return key.name } } // WithValue returns a copy of parent in which the value associated with key is val. // // It is a type-safe equivalent of [context.WithValue]. func (key Key[Value]) WithValue(parent context.Context, val Value) context.Context { return context.WithValue(parent, key.contextKey(), stringer[Value]{val}) } // ValueOk returns the value in the context associated with this key // and also reports whether it was present. // If the value is not present, it returns the default value. func (key Key[Value]) ValueOk(ctx context.Context) (v Value, ok bool) { vv, ok := ctx.Value(key.contextKey()).(stringer[Value]) if !ok && key.defVal != nil { vv.v = *key.defVal } return vv.v, ok } // Value returns the value in the context associated with this key. // If the value is not present, it returns the default value. func (key Key[Value]) Value(ctx context.Context) (v Value) { v, _ = key.ValueOk(ctx) return v } // Has reports whether the context has a value for this key. func (key Key[Value]) Has(ctx context.Context) (ok bool) { _, ok = key.ValueOk(ctx) return ok } // String returns the name of the key. func (key Key[Value]) String() string { if key.name == nil { return reflect.TypeFor[Value]().String() } return key.name.String() } // stringer implements [fmt.Stringer] on a generic T. // // This assists in debugging such that printing a context prints key and value. // Note that the [context] package lacks a dependency on [reflect], // so it cannot print arbitrary values. By implementing [fmt.Stringer], // we functionally teach a context how to print itself. // // Wrapping values within a struct has an added bonus that interface kinds // are properly handled. Without wrapping, we would be unable to distinguish // between a nil value that was explicitly set or not. // However, the presence of a stringer indicates an explicit nil value. type stringer[T any] struct{ v T } func (v stringer[T]) String() string { return fmt.Sprint(v.v) }