From caa4029fc6665d7e90ac2723ab22c8f0b9a24fd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlObolenski <83572914+AlObolenski@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 16:11:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fallback to raw values in object attributes

---
 hcledit_test.go          | 14 ++++++++++++++
 internal/handler/read.go |  5 +++--
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hcledit_test.go b/hcledit_test.go
index 4b27ba1..8b77338 100644
--- a/hcledit_test.go
+++ b/hcledit_test.go
@@ -461,6 +461,20 @@ attribute = local.var
 			},
 		},
 
+		"fallback to absolute variable name in object": {
+			input: `
+object = {
+	attribute = local.var
+}
+`,
+			options:   []hcledit.Option{hcledit.WithReadFallbackToRawString()},
+			expectErr: true,
+			query:     "object.attribute",
+			want: map[string]interface{}{
+				"object.attribute": "local.var",
+			},
+		},
+
 		"fallback to uninterpolated string": {
 			input: `
 attribute = "some-${local.var}"
diff --git a/internal/handler/read.go b/internal/handler/read.go
index f9761b9..ee759be 100644
--- a/internal/handler/read.go
+++ b/internal/handler/read.go
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ func (h *readHandler) HandleBody(body *hclwrite.Body, name string, keyTrail []st
 
 func (h *readHandler) HandleObject(object *ast.Object, name string, keyTrail []string) error {
 	buf := object.GetObjectAttribute(name).BuildTokens().Bytes()
-	value, err := parse(buf, name, h.fallbackToRawString)
-	if err != nil {
+	fallback := h.fallbackToRawString
+	value, err := parse(buf, name, fallback)
+	if err != nil && !fallback {
 		return err
 	}
 	h.results[strings.Join(keyTrail, ".")] = value