From dd252fafae013dada177c4b2566a61d2cfc56d15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alejandro Mery <amery@jpi.io>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2023 00:00:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] reflection: add initial New() validating type and triggering
 a scan

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Mery <amery@jpi.io>
---
 reflection/reflection.go | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 reflection/scan.go       |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 reflection/scan.go

diff --git a/reflection/reflection.go b/reflection/reflection.go
index 725c207..990b3b3 100644
--- a/reflection/reflection.go
+++ b/reflection/reflection.go
@@ -1,2 +1,37 @@
 // Package reflection helps Marshalling/Unmarshalling data to structs
 package reflection
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+// Reflection provides Marshalling/Unmarshalling oriented view
+// of a value
+type Reflection struct {
+	v reflect.Value
+}
+
+// Value returns the object it reflects
+func (r *Reflection) Value() any {
+	return r.v.Interface()
+}
+
+// New creates a Reflection of the given pointer
+func New(v any) (*Reflection, error) {
+	rv := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+
+	if rv.Kind() != reflect.Pointer || rv.IsNil() {
+		err := &InvalidUnmarshalError{Type: rv.Type()}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	r := &Reflection{
+		v: rv,
+	}
+
+	if err := r.scan(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return r, nil
+}
diff --git a/reflection/scan.go b/reflection/scan.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60d84b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reflection/scan.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package reflection
+
+func (*Reflection) scan() error {
+	return nil
+}