Method Init

array/base.go:71–111

Init initializes an array from the "indexes" and "elts". The indexes must be an ascending int32 slice, otherwise, return the ErrIndexNotAscending error. The "elts" is a slice. Since 0.2.0

(indexes []int32, elts interface{})

//
// Since 0.2.0
func (a *Base) Init(indexes []int32, elts interface{}) error {

	rElts := reflect.ValueOf(elts)
	if rElts.Kind() != reflect.Slice {
		panic("elts is not a slice")
	}

	n := rElts.Len()
	if len(indexes) != n {
		return ErrIndexLen
	}

	err := a.InitIndex(indexes)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if len(indexes) == 0 {
		return nil
	}

	var encoder encode.Encoder

	if a.EltEncoder == nil {
		var err error
		encoder, err = encode.NewTypeEncoderEndian(rElts.Index(0).Interface(), endian)
		if err != nil {
			// TODO wrap
			return err
		}
	} else {
		encoder = a.EltEncoder
	}

	_, err = a.InitElts(elts, encoder)
	if err != nil {
		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failure Init Array")
	}

	return nil
}

// InitElts initialized a.Elts, by encoding elements in to bytes.
//