Merge pull request #1258 from dearchap/visible_interface

Fix(issue #631). Remove reflect calls for Hidden field

flag.go

@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ type DocGenerationFlag interface {
 	GetValue() string
 }
 
+// VisibleFlag is an interface that allows to check if a flag is visible
+type VisibleFlag interface {
+	Flag
+
+	// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+	IsVisible() bool
+}
+
 func flagSet(name string, flags []Flag) (*flag.FlagSet, error) {
 	set := flag.NewFlagSet(name, flag.ContinueOnError)
 
@@ -176,8 +184,7 @@ func normalizeFlags(flags []Flag, set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 func visibleFlags(fl []Flag) []Flag {
 	var visible []Flag
 	for _, f := range fl {
-		field := flagValue(f).FieldByName("Hidden")
-		if !field.IsValid() || !field.Bool() {
+		if vf, ok := f.(VisibleFlag); ok && vf.IsVisible() {
 			visible = append(visible, f)
 		}
 	}

flag_bool.go

@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ func (f *BoolFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *BoolFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *BoolFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {

flag_duration.go

@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ func (f *DurationFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return f.Value.String()
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *DurationFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *DurationFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {

flag_float64.go

@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ func (f *Float64Flag) GetValue() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%f", f.Value)
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *Float64Flag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *Float64Flag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {

flag_float64_slice.go

@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ func (f *Float64SliceFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *Float64SliceFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *Float64SliceFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {

flag_generic.go

@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ func (f *GenericFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *GenericFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply takes the flagset and calls Set on the generic flag with the value
 // provided by the user for parsing by the flag
 func (f GenericFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {

flag_int.go

@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ func (f *IntFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%d", f.Value)
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *IntFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *IntFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {

flag_int64.go

@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ func (f *Int64Flag) GetValue() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%d", f.Value)
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *Int64Flag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *Int64Flag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {

flag_int64_slice.go

@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ func (f *Int64SliceFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *Int64SliceFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *Int64SliceFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {

flag_int_slice.go

@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ func (f *IntSliceFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *IntSliceFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *IntSliceFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {

flag_path.go

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ func (f *PathFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return f.Value
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *PathFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *PathFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {

flag_string.go

@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ func (f *StringFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return f.Value
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *StringFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *StringFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {

flag_string_slice.go

@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ func (f *StringSliceFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *StringSliceFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *StringSliceFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 

flag_timestamp.go

@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ func (f *TimestampFlag) GetValue() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *TimestampFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *TimestampFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if f.Layout == "" {

flag_uint.go

@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ func (f *UintFlag) GetUsage() string {
 	return f.Usage
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *UintFlag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *UintFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {

flag_uint64.go

@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ func (f *Uint64Flag) GetUsage() string {
 	return f.Usage
 }
 
+// IsVisible returns true if the flag is not hidden, otherwise false
+func (f *Uint64Flag) IsVisible() bool {
+	return !f.Hidden
+}
+
 // Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
 func (f *Uint64Flag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if val, ok := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); ok {