From f0e26b1c0d984e5380a394be6c0410b57d8463ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hein <hein@bitechsystems.co.za>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:07:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed and refactored reflection.Len

---
 pkg/{common/reflection_utils.go => reflection/helpers.go} | 8 +++++++-
 pkg/restheadspec/handler.go                               | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 rename pkg/{common/reflection_utils.go => reflection/helpers.go} (69%)

diff --git a/pkg/common/reflection_utils.go b/pkg/reflection/helpers.go
similarity index 69%
rename from pkg/common/reflection_utils.go
rename to pkg/reflection/helpers.go
index 712c046..fe9520c 100644
--- a/pkg/common/reflection_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/reflection/helpers.go
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-package common
+package reflection
 
 import "reflect"
 
 func Len(v any) int {
 	val := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+	valKind := val.Kind()
+
+	if valKind == reflect.Ptr {
+		val = val.Elem()
+	}
+
 	switch val.Kind() {
 	case reflect.Slice, reflect.Array, reflect.Map, reflect.String, reflect.Chan:
 		return val.Len()
diff --git a/pkg/restheadspec/handler.go b/pkg/restheadspec/handler.go
index 770fe06..b96e9ce 100644
--- a/pkg/restheadspec/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/restheadspec/handler.go
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func (h *Handler) handleRead(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, id st
 
 	metadata := &common.Metadata{
 		Total:    int64(total),
-		Count:    int64(common.Len(modelPtr)),
+		Count:    int64(reflection.Len(modelPtr)),
 		Filtered: int64(total),
 		Limit:    limit,
 		Offset:   offset,