t.Errorf("Object changed during JSON operations, diff: %v", cmp.Diff(item, unmarshalledObj))
		return
	}

	newUnstr, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(item)
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("ToUnstructured failed: %v", err)
		return
	}

	newObj := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(item).Elem()).Interface().(runtime.Object)

			return nil, fmt.Errorf("ToUnstructured requires a non-nil pointer to an object, got %v", t)
		}
		u = map[string]interface{}{}
		err = toUnstructured(value.Elem(), reflect.ValueOf(&u).Elem())
	}
	if c.mismatchDetection {
		newUnstr := map[string]interface{}{}
		newErr := toUnstructuredViaJSON(obj, &newUnstr)
		if (err != nil) != (newErr != nil) {

			Namespace: serviceImportNamespace,
		},
		Spec: mcsapi.ServiceImportSpec{
			Type: importType,
			IPs:  vips,
		},
	}
	return toUnstructured(si)
}

func toUnstructured(o any) *unstructured.Unstructured {
	u, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(o)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: u}

		return
	}

	// TODO: should be using mismatch detection but fails due to another error
	newUnstr, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(item)
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("ToUnstructured failed: %v", err)
		return
	}

	newObj := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(item).Elem()).Interface()

	return errors.New("UnmarshalJSON unimplemented for wrappedParam")
}

func (w *wrappedParam) ToUnstructured() interface{} {
	res, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(w.nested)

	if err != nil {
		return nil
	}

	metaRes, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(&w.TypeMeta)
	if err != nil {
		return nil
	}

	for k, v := range metaRes {
		res[k] = v
	}

		}
	}
	N := 100
	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
		fuzzedObjectMeta := &metav1.ObjectMeta{}
		fuzzer.Fuzz(fuzzedObjectMeta)
		goodMetaMap, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(fuzzedObjectMeta.DeepCopy())
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatal(err)
		}
		for _, pth := range jsonPaths(nil, goodMetaMap) {
			for _, v := range spuriousValues() {

}

func BenchmarkToUnstructured(b *testing.B) {
	carp := benchmarkCarp()
	converter := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter
	b.ResetTimer()

	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		result, err := converter.ToUnstructured(carp)
		if err != nil {
			b.Fatalf("Unexpected conversion error: %v", err)
		}
		if len(result) != 3 {
			b.Errorf("Unexpected conversion result: %#v", result)
		}
	}
}

		return
	}

	newReferences := make([]interface{}, 0, len(references))
	for _, reference := range references {
		out, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(&reference)
		if err != nil {
			utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("unable to convert Owner Reference: %v", err))
			continue
		}
		newReferences = append(newReferences, out)
	}

	serviceImportGVR := common.KubeSettings(t).ServiceImportGVR()

	serviceExport := newServiceExport(service, serviceExportGVR)

	u, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(serviceExport)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	// Create the ServiceExports in each cluster concurrently.
	g := errgroup.Group{}
	for _, c := range exportClusters {
		c := c

	if obj == nil || reflect.ValueOf(obj).IsNil() {
		return &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: nil}, nil
	}
	ret, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(obj)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: ret}, nil
}

func objectToResolveVal(r runtime.Object) (interface{}, error) {