From 688344f71007ce71d03e6adb3067a433dfeaee38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: niels <niels.heinen@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 20:35:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Check if a field is private after confirming it has a ksql
 tag

---
 internal/structs/structs.go | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/structs/structs.go b/internal/structs/structs.go
index 5e74f49..3da750d 100644
--- a/internal/structs/structs.go
+++ b/internal/structs/structs.go
@@ -257,10 +257,6 @@ func getTagNames(t reflect.Type) (_ StructInfo, err error) {
 		byName:  map[string]*FieldInfo{},
 	}
 	for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
-		// If this field is private:
-		if t.Field(i).PkgPath != "" {
-			return StructInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("all fields using the ksql tags must be exported, but %v is unexported", t)
-		}
 
 		attrName := t.Field(i).Name
 		name := t.Field(i).Tag.Get("ksql")
@@ -268,6 +264,11 @@ func getTagNames(t reflect.Type) (_ StructInfo, err error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		// If this field is private:
+		if t.Field(i).PkgPath != "" {
+			return StructInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("all fields using the ksql tags must be exported, but %v is unexported", t)
+		}
+
 		tags := strings.Split(name, ",")
 		var modifier ksqlmodifiers.AttrModifier
 		if len(tags) > 1 {