add uuid support

Author: siherrmann

go.mod

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=

helper/any.go

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
 func AnyToFloat(v any) (float64, error) {
@@ -365,6 +367,12 @@ func AnyToType(in any, expected reflect.Type) (out any, err error) {
 				if expected.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
 					return []byte(strValue), nil
 				} else if expected.Kind() == reflect.Array {
+					// First try to parse as UUID as most common use case for [16]byte
+					parsedUUID, err := uuid.Parse(strValue)
+					if err == nil {
+						return parsedUUID, nil
+					}
+
 					byteSlice := []byte(strValue)
 					arrayValue := reflect.New(expected).Elem()
 					for i := 0; i < expected.Len() && i < len(byteSlice); i++ {

helper/any_test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -1240,6 +1241,24 @@ func TestAnyToType(t *testing.T) {
 			expected:      any([3]byte{'h', 'e', 'l'}),
 			expectedError: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Valid 16-byte string to uuid.UUID",
+			args: args{
+				v:        "0123456789abcdef",
+				expected: reflect.TypeOf(uuid.UUID{}),
+			},
+			expected:      uuid.UUID{'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'},
+			expectedError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Valid UUID format string to uuid.UUID",
+			args: args{
+				v:        "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001",
+				expected: reflect.TypeOf(uuid.UUID{}),
+			},
+			expected:      func() any { u, _ := uuid.Parse("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001"); return u }(),
+			expectedError: false,
+		},
 		// Array/Slice from []any
 		{
 			name: "Valid []any to []int",

helper/map_test.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ func TestMapKeysToArrayOfAny(t *testing.T) {
 		value := map[int]string{1: "apple", 2: "banana"}
 		mapKeys, err := MapKeysToArrayOfAny(value)
 		assert.NoError(t, err, "Expected no error on map key extraction")
-		assert.Equal(t, []any{1, 2}, mapKeys, "Expected array to contain map keys")
+		assert.ElementsMatch(t, []any{1, 2}, mapKeys, "Expected array to contain map keys")
 	})
 
 	t.Run("Invalid type for map key extraction", func(t *testing.T) {