Merge pull request #2548 from ijc/platforms-must-parse

estesp · web-flow · commit a69a0b0192f6 · 2018-08-15T10:17:41.000-04:00
platforms: Add `MustParse`
diff --git a/platforms/platforms.go b/platforms/platforms.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ package platforms
 import (
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
@@ -230,6 +231,16 @@ func Parse(specifier string) (specs.Platform, error) {
 	return specs.Platform{}, errors.Wrapf(errdefs.ErrInvalidArgument, "%q: cannot parse platform specifier", specifier)
 }
 
+// MustParse is like Parses but panics if the specifier cannot be parsed.
+// Simplifies initialization of global variables.
+func MustParse(specifier string) specs.Platform {
+	p, err := Parse(specifier)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("platform: Parse(" + strconv.Quote(specifier) + "): " + err.Error())
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
 // Format returns a string specifier from the provided platform specification.
 func Format(platform specs.Platform) string {
 	if platform.OS == "" {
