Add config marshaler.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 - Deprecate `p[metric|log|trace]otlp.RegiserServer` in favor of `p[metric|log|trace]otlp.RegiserGRPCServer` (#6180)
 
+### 💡 Enhancements 💡
+
+- Add config marshaler (#5566)
+
 ## v0.61.0 Beta
 
 ### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑

config/configtelemetry/configtelemetry.go

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const (
 // that every component should generate.
 type Level int32
 
+var _ encoding.TextMarshaler = (*Level)(nil)
 var _ encoding.TextUnmarshaler = (*Level)(nil)
 
 func (l Level) String() string {
@@ -57,6 +58,11 @@ func (l Level) String() string {
 	return "unknown"
 }
 
+// MarshalText marshals Level to text.
+func (l Level) MarshalText() (text []byte, err error) {
+	return []byte(l.String()), nil
+}
+
 // UnmarshalText unmarshalls text to a Level.
 func (l *Level) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
 	if l == nil {

config/configtelemetry/configtelemetry_test.go

@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ func TestLevelString(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.str, func(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, test.str, test.level.String())
+			got, err := test.level.MarshalText()
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, test.str, string(got))
 		})
 	}
 }

config/identifiable.go

@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ func (id ComponentID) Name() string {
 	return id.nameVal
 }
 
+// MarshalText implements the encoding.TextMarshaler interface.
+// This marshals the type and name as one string in the config.
+func (id ComponentID) MarshalText() (text []byte, err error) {
+	return []byte(id.String()), nil
+}
+
 // UnmarshalText implements the encoding.TextUnmarshaler interface.
 func (id *ComponentID) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
 	idStr := string(text)

config/identifiable_test.go

@@ -76,3 +76,10 @@ func TestIDFromString(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMarshalText(t *testing.T) {
+	id := NewComponentIDWithName("test", "name")
+	got, err := id.MarshalText()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, id.String(), string(got))
+}

confmap/confmap.go

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/knadh/koanf/maps"
 	"github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/confmap"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
+
+	encoder "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/internal/mapstructure"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -66,6 +68,20 @@ func (l *Conf) UnmarshalExact(result interface{}) error {
 	return decodeConfig(l, result, true)
 }
 
+// Marshal encodes the config and merges it into the Conf.
+func (l *Conf) Marshal(rawVal interface{}) error {
+	enc := encoder.New(encoderConfig(rawVal))
+	data, err := enc.Encode(rawVal)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	out, ok := data.(map[string]interface{})
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid config encoding")
+	}
+	return l.Merge(NewFromStringMap(out))
+}
+
 // Get can retrieve any value given the key to use.
 func (l *Conf) Get(key string) interface{} {
 	return l.k.Get(key)
@@ -133,6 +149,18 @@ func decodeConfig(m *Conf, result interface{}, errorUnused bool) error {
 	return decoder.Decode(m.ToStringMap())
 }
 
+// encoderConfig returns a default encoder.EncoderConfig that includes
+// an EncodeHook that handles both TextMarshaller and Marshaler
+// interfaces.
+func encoderConfig(rawVal interface{}) *encoder.EncoderConfig {
+	return &encoder.EncoderConfig{
+		EncodeHook: mapstructure.ComposeDecodeHookFunc(
+			encoder.TextMarshalerHookFunc(),
+			marshalerHookFunc(rawVal),
+		),
+	}
+}
+
 // In cases where a config has a mapping of something to a struct pointers
 // we want nil values to resolve to a pointer to the zero value of the
 // underlying struct just as we want nil values of a mapping of something
@@ -239,9 +267,43 @@ func unmarshalerHookFunc(result interface{}) mapstructure.DecodeHookFuncValue {
 	}
 }
 
+// marshalerHookFunc returns a DecodeHookFuncValue that checks structs that aren't
+// the original to see if they implement the Marshaler interface.
+func marshalerHookFunc(orig interface{}) mapstructure.DecodeHookFuncValue {
+	origType := reflect.TypeOf(orig)
+	return func(from reflect.Value, _ reflect.Value) (interface{}, error) {
+		if from.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+			return from.Interface(), nil
+		}
+
+		// ignore original to avoid infinite loop.
+		if from.Type() == origType && reflect.DeepEqual(from.Interface(), orig) {
+			return from.Interface(), nil
+		}
+		marshaler, ok := from.Interface().(Marshaler)
+		if !ok {
+			return from.Interface(), nil
+		}
+		conf := New()
+		if err := marshaler.Marshal(conf); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return conf.ToStringMap(), nil
+	}
+}
+
 // Unmarshaler interface may be implemented by types to customize their behavior when being unmarshaled from a Conf.
 type Unmarshaler interface {
 	// Unmarshal a Conf into the struct in a custom way.
 	// The Conf for this specific component may be nil or empty if no config available.
 	Unmarshal(component *Conf) error
 }
+
+// Marshaler defines an optional interface for custom configuration marshaling.
+// A configuration struct can implement this interface to override the default
+// marshaling.
+type Marshaler interface {
+	// Marshal the config into a Conf in a custom way.
+	// The Conf will be empty and can be merged into.
+	Marshal(component *Conf) error
+}

confmap/confmap_test.go

@@ -160,6 +160,18 @@ type TestConfig struct {
 	MapStruct map[string]*Struct `mapstructure:"map_struct"`
 }
 
+func (t TestConfig) Marshal(conf *Conf) error {
+	if t.Boolean != nil && !*t.Boolean {
+		return errors.New("unable to marshal")
+	}
+	if err := conf.Marshal(t); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return conf.Merge(NewFromStringMap(map[string]interface{}{
+		"additional": "field",
+	}))
+}
+
 type Struct struct {
 	Name string
 }
@@ -174,6 +186,14 @@ func (tID *TestID) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (tID TestID) MarshalText() (text []byte, err error) {
+	out := string(tID)
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(out, "_") {
+		out += "_"
+	}
+	return []byte(out), nil
+}
+
 type TestIDConfig struct {
 	Boolean bool              `mapstructure:"bool"`
 	Map     map[TestID]string `mapstructure:"map"`
@@ -232,6 +252,63 @@ func TestMapKeyStringToMapKeyTextUnmarshalerHookFuncErrorUnmarshal(t *testing.T)
 	assert.Error(t, conf.Unmarshal(cfg))
 }
 
+func TestMarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	conf := New()
+	cfg := &TestIDConfig{
+		Boolean: true,
+		Map: map[TestID]string{
+			"string": "this is a string",
+		},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, conf.Marshal(cfg))
+	assert.Equal(t, true, conf.Get("bool"))
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"string_": "this is a string"}, conf.Get("map"))
+}
+
+func TestMarshalDuplicateID(t *testing.T) {
+	conf := New()
+	cfg := &TestIDConfig{
+		Boolean: true,
+		Map: map[TestID]string{
+			"string":  "this is a string",
+			"string_": "this is another string",
+		},
+	}
+	assert.Error(t, conf.Marshal(cfg))
+}
+
+func TestMarshalError(t *testing.T) {
+	conf := New()
+	assert.Error(t, conf.Marshal(nil))
+}
+
+func TestMarshaler(t *testing.T) {
+	conf := New()
+	cfg := &TestConfig{
+		Struct: &Struct{
+			Name: "StructName",
+		},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, conf.Marshal(cfg))
+	assert.Equal(t, "field", conf.Get("additional"))
+
+	conf = New()
+	type NestedMarshaler struct {
+		TestConfig *TestConfig
+	}
+	nmCfg := &NestedMarshaler{
+		TestConfig: cfg,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, conf.Marshal(nmCfg))
+	sub, err := conf.Sub("testconfig")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, sub.IsSet("additional"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "field", sub.Get("additional"))
+	varBool := false
+	nmCfg.TestConfig.Boolean = &varBool
+	assert.Error(t, conf.Marshal(nmCfg))
+}
+
 // newConfFromFile creates a new Conf by reading the given file.
 func newConfFromFile(t testing.TB, fileName string) map[string]interface{} {
 	content, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(fileName))