handle generic types

examples/nested/nested.go

@@ -20,4 +20,10 @@ type (
 		// Multicellular is true if the plant is multicellular
 		Multicellular bool `json:"multicellular,omitempty" jsonschema:"title=Multicellular"` // This comment will be ignored
 	}
+
+	// Metadata is additional arbitrary metadata to embed in a struct.
+	Metadata[T any] struct {
+		// The value of the metadata
+		Data T `json:"metadata"`
+	}
 )

examples/user.go

@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@ type User struct {
 		// The note for this friend
 		Note string `json:"note"`
 	} `json:"friend_to_note,omitempty"`
+
+	nested.Metadata[string]
 }

fixtures/go_comments.json

@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@
           },
           "additionalProperties": false,
           "description": "A mapping from friend IDs to notes"
+        },
+        "metadata": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "The value of the metadata"
         }
       },
       "additionalProperties": false,
@@ -154,7 +158,8 @@
         "pets",
         "named_pets",
         "plants",
-        "additional_data"
+        "additional_data",
+        "metadata"
       ],
       "description": "User is used as a base to provide tests for comments."
     }

reflect.go

@@ -1138,7 +1138,8 @@ func splitOnUnescapedCommas(tagString string) []string {
 }
 
 func fullyQualifiedTypeName(t reflect.Type) breadcrumb {
-	return breadcrumb{t.PkgPath(), t.Name()}
+	nameWithoutTypeParams := strings.Split(t.Name(), "[")[0]
+	return breadcrumb{t.PkgPath(), nameWithoutTypeParams}
 }
 
 // AddGoComments will update the reflectors comment map with all the comments