Added a new way to parse transport options that allows for nested JSON

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/options.go b/common/options.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c73616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package options
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func ParseOptions(s string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	var result map[string]interface{}
+
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("Empty options")
+	}
+
+	decoder := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(s))
+	if err := decoder.Decode(&result); err != nil {
+		fmt.Errorf("Error decoding JSON %q", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}