encoding/json: return JSON field with all marshal errors

src/encoding/json/decode.go

@@ -128,15 +128,24 @@ type UnmarshalTypeError struct {
 	Offset int64        // error occurred after reading Offset bytes
 	Struct string       // name of the struct type containing the field
 	Field  string       // the full path from root node to the field, include embedded struct
+	Err    error        // Error which occurred during unmarshal
 }
 
 func (e *UnmarshalTypeError) Error() string {
+	if e.Err != nil {
+		return e.Err.Error()
+	}
+
 	if e.Struct != "" || e.Field != "" {
 		return "json: cannot unmarshal " + e.Value + " into Go struct field " + e.Struct + "." + e.Field + " of type " + e.Type.String()
 	}
 	return "json: cannot unmarshal " + e.Value + " into Go value of type " + e.Type.String()
 }
 
+func (e *UnmarshalTypeError) Unwrap() error {
+	return e.Err
+}
+
 // An UnmarshalFieldError describes a JSON object key that
 // led to an unexported (and therefore unwritable) struct field.
 //
@@ -508,7 +517,15 @@ func (d *decodeState) array(v reflect.Value) error {
 	if u != nil {
 		start := d.readIndex()
 		d.skip()
-		return u.UnmarshalJSON(d.data[start:d.off])
+		if err := u.UnmarshalJSON(d.data[start:d.off]); err != nil {
+			if e, ok := err.(*UnmarshalTypeError); ok {
+				return e
+			}
+
+			d.saveError(&UnmarshalTypeError{Value: "array", Type: v.Type(), Offset: int64(d.off), Err: err})
+		}
+
+		return nil
 	}
 	if ut != nil {
 		d.saveError(&UnmarshalTypeError{Value: "array", Type: v.Type(), Offset: int64(d.off)})
@@ -605,7 +622,16 @@ func (d *decodeState) object(v reflect.Value) error {
 	if u != nil {
 		start := d.readIndex()
 		d.skip()
-		return u.UnmarshalJSON(d.data[start:d.off])
+		err := u.UnmarshalJSON(d.data[start:d.off])
+		if err != nil {
+			if e, ok := err.(*UnmarshalTypeError); ok {
+				return e
+			}
+
+			d.saveError(&UnmarshalTypeError{Value: "object", Type: v.Type(), Offset: int64(d.off), Err: err})
+		}
+
+		return nil
 	}
 	if ut != nil {
 		d.saveError(&UnmarshalTypeError{Value: "object", Type: v.Type(), Offset: int64(d.off)})
@@ -861,7 +887,28 @@ func (d *decodeState) literalStore(item []byte, v reflect.Value, fromQuoted bool
 	isNull := item[0] == 'n' // null
 	u, ut, pv := indirect(v, isNull)
 	if u != nil {
-		return u.UnmarshalJSON(item)
+		err := u.UnmarshalJSON(item)
+		if err != nil {
+			if e, ok := err.(*UnmarshalTypeError); ok {
+				return e
+			} else {
+				var val string
+				switch item[0] {
+				case '"':
+					val = "string"
+				case 'n':
+					val = "null"
+				case 't', 'f':
+					val = "bool"
+				default:
+					val = "number"
+				}
+
+				d.saveError(&UnmarshalTypeError{Value: val, Type: v.Type(), Offset: int64(d.readIndex()), Err: err})
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
 	}
 	if ut != nil {
 		if item[0] != '"' {
@@ -886,7 +933,13 @@ func (d *decodeState) literalStore(item []byte, v reflect.Value, fromQuoted bool
 			}
 			panic(phasePanicMsg)
 		}
-		return ut.UnmarshalText(s)
+
+		err := ut.UnmarshalText(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			d.saveError(&UnmarshalTypeError{Value: "string", Type: v.Type(), Offset: int64(d.readIndex()), Err: err})
+		}
+
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	v = pv

src/encoding/json/decode_test.go

@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ type TOuter struct {
 	T TAlias
 }
 
+type EV struct {
+	EVS EVS
+}
+
+type EVS string
+
+var EVerr = errors.New("error")
+
+func (*EVS) UnmarshalJSON(_ []byte) error {
+	return EVerr
+}
+
 // ifaceNumAsFloat64/ifaceNumAsNumber are used to test unmarshaling with and
 // without UseNumber
 var ifaceNumAsFloat64 = map[string]any{
@@ -437,17 +449,18 @@ var unmarshalTests = []struct {
 	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `"g-clef: \uD834\uDD1E"`, ptr: new(string), out: "g-clef: \U0001D11E"},
 	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `"invalid: \uD834x\uDD1E"`, ptr: new(string), out: "invalid: \uFFFDx\uFFFD"},
 	{CaseName: Name(""), in: "null", ptr: new(any), out: nil},
-	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"X": [1,2,3], "Y": 4}`, ptr: new(T), out: T{Y: 4}, err: &UnmarshalTypeError{"array", reflect.TypeFor[string](), 7, "T", "X"}},
-	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"X": 23}`, ptr: new(T), out: T{}, err: &UnmarshalTypeError{"number", reflect.TypeFor[string](), 8, "T", "X"}},
+	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"X": [1,2,3], "Y": 4}`, ptr: new(T), out: T{Y: 4}, err: &UnmarshalTypeError{"array", reflect.TypeFor[string](), 7, "T", "X", nil}},
+	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"X": 23}`, ptr: new(T), out: T{}, err: &UnmarshalTypeError{"number", reflect.TypeFor[string](), 8, "T", "X", nil}},
 	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"x": 1}`, ptr: new(tx), out: tx{}},
 	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"x": 1}`, ptr: new(tx), out: tx{}},
 	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"x": 1}`, ptr: new(tx), err: fmt.Errorf("json: unknown field \"x\""), disallowUnknownFields: true},
-	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"S": 23}`, ptr: new(W), out: W{}, err: &UnmarshalTypeError{"number", reflect.TypeFor[SS](), 0, "W", "S"}},
-	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"T": {"X": 23}}`, ptr: new(TOuter), out: TOuter{}, err: &UnmarshalTypeError{"number", reflect.TypeFor[string](), 0, "TOuter", "T.X"}},
+	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"S": 23}`, ptr: new(W), out: W{}, err: &UnmarshalTypeError{"number", reflect.TypeFor[SS](), 0, "W", "S", nil}},
+	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"T": {"X": 23}}`, ptr: new(TOuter), out: TOuter{}, err: &UnmarshalTypeError{"number", reflect.TypeFor[string](), 0, "TOuter", "T.X", nil}},
 	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"F1":1,"F2":2,"F3":3}`, ptr: new(V), out: V{F1: float64(1), F2: int32(2), F3: Number("3")}},
 	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"F1":1,"F2":2,"F3":3}`, ptr: new(V), out: V{F1: Number("1"), F2: int32(2), F3: Number("3")}, useNumber: true},
 	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"k1":1,"k2":"s","k3":[1,2.0,3e-3],"k4":{"kk1":"s","kk2":2}}`, ptr: new(any), out: ifaceNumAsFloat64},
 	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"k1":1,"k2":"s","k3":[1,2.0,3e-3],"k4":{"kk1":"s","kk2":2}}`, ptr: new(any), out: ifaceNumAsNumber, useNumber: true},
+	{CaseName: Name(""), in: `{"EVS": 23}`, ptr: new(EV), out: EV{}, err: &UnmarshalTypeError{"string", reflect.TypeFor[EVS](), 0, "EV", "EVS", EVerr}},
 
 	// raw values with whitespace
 	{CaseName: Name(""), in: "\n true ", ptr: new(bool), out: true},