func IsNilOrInvalidValue(v reflect.Value) bool {
	return !v.IsValid() || (v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && v.IsNil()) || IsValueNil(v.Interface())
}

// IsValueNil returns true if either value is nil, or has dynamic type {ptr,
// map, slice} with value nil.
func IsValueNil(value any) bool {
	if value == nil {
		return true
	}
	switch kindOf(value) {
	case reflect.Slice, reflect.Ptr, reflect.Map:

	scope.Debugf("getFromStructPath path=%s, node(%T)", path, node)
	if len(path) == 0 {
		scope.Debugf("getFromStructPath returning node(%T)%v", node, node)
		return node, !util.IsValueNil(node), nil
	}
	// For protobuf types, switch them out with standard types; otherwise we will traverse protobuf internals rather
	// than the standard representation
	if v, ok := node.(*structpb.Struct); ok {

}

func validateLeaf(validations map[string]ValidatorFunc, path util.Path, val any, checkRequired bool) util.Errors {
	pstr := path.String()
	msg := fmt.Sprintf("validate %s:%v(%T) ", pstr, val, val)
	if util.IsValueNil(val) || util.IsEmptyString(val) {
		if checkRequired && requiredValues[pstr] {
			return util.NewErrs(fmt.Errorf("field %s is required but not set", util.ToYAMLPathString(pstr)))
		}