If a field is exported, generate json even in the absence of tags (#3678)

* if no JSON tag, check if field is exported

* add no-tags binding test case

* update changelog for #3678

v2/internal/binding/binding.go

@@ -350,7 +350,10 @@ func (b *Bindings) hasExportedJSONFields(typeOf reflect.Type) bool {
 	for i := 0; i < typeOf.NumField(); i++ {
 		jsonFieldName := ""
 		f := typeOf.Field(i)
-		jsonTag := f.Tag.Get("json")
+		jsonTag, hasTag := f.Tag.Lookup("json")
+		if !hasTag && f.IsExported() {
+			return true
+		}
 		if len(jsonTag) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}

v2/internal/binding/binding_test/binding_notags_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package binding_test
+
+type NoFieldTags struct {
+	Name    string
+	Address string
+	Zip     *string
+	Spouse  *NoFieldTags
+}
+
+func (n NoFieldTags) Get() NoFieldTags {
+	return n
+}
+
+var NoFieldTagsTest = BindingTest{
+	name: "NoFieldTags",
+	structs: []interface{}{
+		&NoFieldTags{},
+	},
+	exemptions:  nil,
+	shouldError: false,
+	want: `
+export namespace binding_test {
+	export class NoFieldTags {
+		Name: string;
+		Address: string;
+		Zip?: string;
+		Spouse?: NoFieldTags;
+		static createFrom(source: any = {}) {
+			return new NoFieldTags(source);
+		}
+		constructor(source: any = {}) {
+			if ('string' === typeof source) source = JSON.parse(source);
+			this.Name = source["Name"];
+			this.Address = source["Address"];
+			this.Zip = source["Zip"];
+			this.Spouse = this.convertValues(source["Spouse"], NoFieldTags);
+		}
+			
+		convertValues(a: any, classs: any, asMap: boolean = false): any {
+			if (!a) {
+					return a;
+			}
+			if (a.slice && a.map) {
+					return (a as any[]).map(elem => this.convertValues(elem, classs));
+			} else if ("object" === typeof a) {
+					if (asMap) {
+							for (const key of Object.keys(a)) {
+									a[key] = new classs(a[key]);
+							}
+							return a;
+					}
+					return new classs(a);
+			}
+			return a;
+		}
+	}
+}
+`,
+}

v2/internal/binding/binding_test/binding_test.go

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func TestBindings_GenerateModels(t *testing.T) {
 		EntityWithDiffNamespacesTest,
 		SpecialCharacterFieldTest,
 		WithoutFieldsTest,
+		NoFieldTagsTest,
 	}
 
 	testLogger := &logger.Logger{}

v2/internal/typescriptify/typescriptify.go

@@ -553,7 +553,13 @@ func (t *TypeScriptify) getFieldOptions(structType reflect.Type, field reflect.S
 
 func (t *TypeScriptify) getJSONFieldName(field reflect.StructField, isPtr bool) string {
 	jsonFieldName := ""
-	jsonTag := field.Tag.Get("json")
+	jsonTag, hasTag := field.Tag.Lookup("json")
+	if !hasTag && field.IsExported() {
+		jsonFieldName = field.Name
+		if isPtr {
+			jsonFieldName += "?"
+		}
+	}
 	if len(jsonTag) > 0 {
 		jsonTagParts := strings.Split(jsonTag, ",")
 		if len(jsonTagParts) > 0 {

website/src/pages/changelog.mdx

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fixed MacOS build to use `outputfilename` from wails.json. [#3200](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/issues/3200)
 - Fixed file drop events on windows. Fixed in [PR](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/3595) by @FrancescoLuzzi
 - Fixed doctor command not finding pkg-config on Solus. [PR #3670](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/3670) by [@ianmjones](https://github.com/ianmjones)
+- Fixed binding for struct fields that were exported but had no json tags. [PR #3678](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/3678)
 
 ## v2.9.1 - 2024-06-18