some updates

parser/blocks/blocks.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package blocks
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ type TemplateType int
 const (
 	InvalidTemplate TemplateType = iota
 	ShortTemplate
-	LongTemplate
+	ExtendedTemplate
 )
 
 // DetectTemplateType checks if the template is short or long.
@@ -36,36 +35,12 @@ func DetectTemplateType(tmpl string) TemplateType {
 	// }
 	if strings.Contains(trimmed, "\n") &&
 		(strings.Contains(trimmed, "path:") || strings.Contains(trimmed, "codec:")) {
-		return LongTemplate
+		return ExtendedTemplate
 	}
 
 	return InvalidTemplate
 }
 
-// CodecType represents the type of codec used to encode/render a value
-type CodecType string
-
-const (
-	CodecText   CodecType = "text"
-	CodecNumber CodecType = "number"
-	CodecYaml   CodecType = "yaml"
-	CodecList   CodecType = "list"
-)
-
-func parseCodecType(input string) (CodecType, error) {
-	switch input {
-	case "number":
-		return CodecNumber, nil
-	case "yaml":
-		return CodecYaml, nil
-	case "list":
-		return CodecList, nil
-	case "text":
-		return CodecText, nil
-	}
-	return CodecText, fmt.Errorf("unknown codec: '%s'", input)
-}
-
 type BlockType string
 
 const (
@@ -73,11 +48,18 @@ const (
 	MatchingBlock BlockType = "matching" // everything outside data blocks
 )
 
+type BlockField struct {
+	Path      string
+	CodecType CodecType
+	Required  bool
+}
+
 type TemplateBlock struct {
 	Type     BlockType
 	Path     string
 	Codec    CodecType
 	Required bool
+	Fields   []BlockField
 	content  string
 }