From e679bf2b46f09eaefcf8fcce1bf2092b24f1a7c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel Wetzell <git@jwetzell.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 18:18:08 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add test for string.create

---
 internal/processor/string-create_test.go | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 81 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 internal/processor/string-create_test.go

diff --git a/internal/processor/string-create_test.go b/internal/processor/string-create_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ee3c1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/processor/string-create_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package processor_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/jwetzell/showbridge-go/internal/processor"
+)
+
+type TestStruct struct {
+	Data string
+}
+
+func (t TestStruct) GetData() string {
+	return t.Data
+}
+
+func TestGoodStringCreate(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		template string
+		payload  any
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "string payload",
+			template: "{{.}}",
+			payload:  "hello",
+			expected: "hello",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "number payload",
+			template: "{{.}}",
+			payload:  4,
+			expected: "4",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "boolean payload",
+			template: "{{.}}",
+			payload:  true,
+			expected: "true",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "struct payload - field",
+			template: "{{.Data}}",
+			payload:  TestStruct{Data: "test"},
+			expected: "test",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "struct payload - method",
+			template: "{{.GetData}}",
+			payload:  TestStruct{Data: "test"},
+			expected: "test",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			template, err := template.New("template").Parse(test.template)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("string.create template parsing failed: %s", err)
+			}
+
+			processor := &processor.StringCreate{Template: template}
+
+			got, err := processor.Process(t.Context(), test.payload)
+
+			gotStrings, ok := got.(string)
+			if !ok {
+				t.Errorf("string.create returned a %T payload: %s", got, got)
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("string.create failed: %s", err)
+			}
+			if gotStrings != test.expected {
+				t.Errorf("string.create got %s, expected %s", got, test.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}