Tests pass now.

pkg/cloudcfg/parse.go

@@ -24,18 +24,32 @@ func ToWireFormat(data []byte, storage string) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown storage type: %v", storage)
 	}
 
-	// Try parsing as json and yaml
-	parsed_json := reflect.New(prototypeType).Interface()
-	json_err := json.Unmarshal(data, parsed_json)
-	parsed_yaml := reflect.New(prototypeType).Interface()
-	yaml_err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, parsed_yaml)
+	// Try parsing json
+	json_out, json_err := tryJSON(data, reflect.New(prototypeType).Interface())
+	if json_err == nil {
+		return json_out, json_err
+	}
 
-	if json_err != nil && yaml_err != nil {
+	// Try parsing yaml
+	yaml_out, yaml_err := tryYAML(data, reflect.New(prototypeType).Interface())
+	if yaml_err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not parse input as json (error: %v) or yaml (error: %v", json_err, yaml_err)
 	}
-
-	if json_err != nil {
-		return json.Marshal(parsed_json)
-	}
-	return json.Marshal(parsed_yaml)
+	return yaml_out, yaml_err
+}
+
+func tryJSON(data []byte, obj interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	err := json.Unmarshal(data, obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return json.Marshal(obj)
+}
+
+func tryYAML(data []byte, obj interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return json.Marshal(obj)
 }