Fix parameters camelCase support in loadEnvVars for environment variable parsing

config/config.go

@@ -335,9 +335,40 @@ func (c *Config) LoadPluginEnvVars(ctx context.Context) *gerr.GatewayDError {
 }
 
 func loadEnvVars() *env.Env {
-	return env.Provider(EnvPrefix, ".", func(env string) string {
-		return strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(strings.TrimPrefix(env, EnvPrefix)), "_", ".")
-	})
+	return env.Provider(EnvPrefix, ".", transformEnvVariable)
+}
+
+// transformEnvVariable transforms the environment variable name to a format based on JSON tags.
+func transformEnvVariable(envVar string) string {
+	structs := []interface{}{
+		&API{},
+		&Logger{},
+		&Pool{},
+		&Proxy{},
+		&Server{},
+		&Metrics{},
+		&PluginConfig{},
+	}
+	tagMapping := make(map[string]string)
+	generateTagMapping(structs, tagMapping)
+
+	lowerEnvVar := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimPrefix(envVar, EnvPrefix))
+	parts := strings.Split(lowerEnvVar, "_")
+
+	var transformedParts strings.Builder
+
+	for i, part := range parts {
+		if i > 0 {
+			transformedParts.WriteString(".")
+		}
+		if mappedValue, exists := tagMapping[part]; exists {
+			transformedParts.WriteString(mappedValue)
+		} else {
+			transformedParts.WriteString(part)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return transformedParts.String()
 }
 
 // LoadGlobalConfigFile loads the plugin configuration file.
@@ -594,3 +625,28 @@ func (c *Config) ValidateGlobalConfig(ctx context.Context) *gerr.GatewayDError {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// generateTagMapping generates a map of JSON tags to lower case json tags.
+func generateTagMapping(structs []interface{}, tagMapping map[string]string) {
+	for _, s := range structs {
+		structValue := reflect.ValueOf(s).Elem()
+		structType := structValue.Type()
+
+		for i := range structValue.NumField() {
+			field := structType.Field(i)
+			fieldValue := structValue.Field(i)
+
+			// Handle nested structs
+			if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+				generateTagMapping([]interface{}{fieldValue.Addr().Interface()}, tagMapping)
+			}
+
+			jsonTag := field.Tag.Get("json")
+			if jsonTag != "" {
+				tagMapping[strings.ToLower(jsonTag)] = jsonTag
+			} else {
+				tagMapping[strings.ToLower(field.Name)] = strings.ToLower(field.Name)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

config/config_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/knadh/koanf"
@@ -142,3 +144,62 @@ func TestMergeGlobalConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	// The log level should now be debug.
 	assert.Equal(t, "debug", config.Global.Loggers[Default].Level)
 }
+
+// initializeConfig initializes the configuration with the given context.
+// It returns a pointer to the Config struct. If configuration initialization fails,
+// the test will fail with an error message.
+func initializeConfig(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T) *Config {
+	t.Helper()
+	config := NewConfig(ctx, Config{
+		GlobalConfigFile: parentDir + GlobalConfigFilename,
+		PluginConfigFile: parentDir + PluginsConfigFilename,
+	})
+	err := config.InitConfig(ctx)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	return config
+}
+
+// serverLoadBalancerStrategyOverwrite sets the environment variable for server nested configuration
+// and verifies that the configuration is correctly loaded with the expected value.
+func ServerLoadBalancerStrategyOverwrite(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	// Convert to uppercase
+	upperDefaultGroup := strings.ToUpper(Default)
+
+	// Format environment variable name
+	envVarName := fmt.Sprintf("GATEWAYD_SERVERS_%s_LOADBALANCER_STRATEGY", upperDefaultGroup)
+
+	// Set the environment variable
+	t.Setenv(envVarName, "test")
+	config := initializeConfig(ctx, t)
+	assert.Equal(t, "test", config.Global.Servers[Default].LoadBalancer.Strategy)
+}
+
+// pluginDefaultPolicyOverwrite sets the environment variable for plugin configuration
+// and verifies that the configuration is correctly loaded with the expected value.
+func pluginDefaultPolicyOverwrite(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Set the environment variable
+	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_DEFAULTPOLICY", "test")
+	config := initializeConfig(ctx, t)
+	assert.Equal(t, "test", config.Plugin.DefaultPolicy)
+}
+
+// TestLoadEnvVariables runs a suite of tests to verify that environment variables are correctly
+// loaded into the configuration. Each test scenario sets a specific environment variable and
+// checks if the configuration reflects the expected value.
+func TestLoadEnvVariables(t *testing.T) {
+	scenarios := map[string]func(t *testing.T){
+		"serverLoadBalancerStrategyOverwrite": ServerLoadBalancerStrategyOverwrite,
+		"pluginLocalPathOverwrite":            pluginDefaultPolicyOverwrite,
+	}
+
+	for scenario, fn := range scenarios {
+		t.Run(scenario, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fn(t)
+		})
+	}
+}