package permission import ( "database/sql/driver" "fmt" ) // Role represents a users access level type Role string // Available roles const ( RoleUser Role = "user" RoleAdmin Role = "admin" RoleUnknown Role = "unknown" ) // Scan handles reading a Role from the DB format func (r *Role) Scan(value interface{}) error { switch t := value.(type) { case []byte: *r = Role(t) case string: *r = Role(t) default: return fmt.Errorf("could not process unknown type for role %T", t) } if *r != RoleAdmin && *r != RoleUser && *r != RoleUnknown { return fmt.Errorf("unknown value for role %v", *r) } return nil } // Value converts the Role to the DB representation func (r Role) Value() (driver.Value, error) { switch r { case RoleUser, RoleAdmin, RoleUnknown: return string(r), nil default: return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid role value: %v", r) } }