Method Validate

internal/patch/patch.go:101–110

Validate validates the PATCH operation. Unknown attributes in complex values are ignored. The returned interface contains a (sanitised) version of given value based on the attribute it targets. Multi-valued attributes will always be returned wrapped in a slice, even if it is just one value that was

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// contains a (sanitised) version of given value based on the attribute it targets. Multi-valued attributes will always
// be returned wrapped in a slice, even if it is just one value that was defined within the operation.
func (v OperationValidator) Validate() (interface{}, error) {
	switch v.Op {
	case OperationAdd, OperationReplace:
		return v.validateUpdate()
	case OperationRemove:
		return v.validateRemove()
	default:
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid operation Op: %s", v.Op)
	}
}

// getRefAttribute returns the corresponding attribute based on the given attribute path.
//