func IsStrictDecodingError(err error) bool {
	if err == nil {
		return false
	}
	_, ok := err.(*strictDecodingError)
	return ok
}

// AsStrictDecodingError returns a strict decoding error
// containing all the strictness violations.
func AsStrictDecodingError(err error) (*strictDecodingError, bool) {
	if err == nil {
		return nil, false
	}
	strictErr, ok := err.(*strictDecodingError)
	return strictErr, ok

		}
	}

	var strictDecodingErrs []error
	obj, gvk, err := c.decoder.Decode(data, defaultGVK, decodeInto)
	if err != nil {
		if strictErr, ok := runtime.AsStrictDecodingError(err); obj != nil && ok {
			// save the strictDecodingError and let the caller decide what to do with it
			strictDecodingErrs = append(strictDecodingErrs, strictErr.Errors()...)
		} else {
			return nil, gvk, err

		span.AddEvent("About to convert to expected version")
		obj, gvk, err := decoder.Decode(body, &defaultGVK, original)
		if err != nil {
			strictError, isStrictError := runtime.AsStrictDecodingError(err)
			switch {
			case isStrictError && obj != nil && validationDirective == metav1.FieldValidationWarn:
				addStrictDecodingWarnings(req.Context(), strictError.Errors())

		span.AddEvent("About to convert to expected version")
		obj, gvk, err := decoder.Decode(body, &defaultGVK, original)
		if err != nil {
			strictError, isStrictError := runtime.AsStrictDecodingError(err)
			switch {
			case isStrictError && obj != nil && validationDirective == metav1.FieldValidationWarn:
				addStrictDecodingWarnings(req.Context(), strictError.Errors())

	decoder := &mockSerializer{obj: n}
	codec := NewCodec(nil, decoder, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, "TestNestedDecode")
	o, _, err := codec.Decode([]byte(`{}`), nil, n)
	if strictErr, ok := runtime.AsStrictDecodingError(err); !ok || err != strictErr {
		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
	}
	if o != n {
		t.Errorf("did not successfully decode with strict decoding error: %v", o)
	}
	if !n.nestedCalled {

	// Construct the resulting typed, unversioned object.
	objToUpdate := p.restPatcher.New()
	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(p.codec, patchedObjJS, objToUpdate); err != nil {
		strictError, isStrictError := runtime.AsStrictDecodingError(err)
		switch {
		case !isStrictError:
			// disregard any appliedStrictErrs, because it's an incomplete
			// list of strict errors given that we don't know what fields were

	var decodingStrictErrs []error
	obj, gvk, err := d.delegate.Decode(data, defaults, into)
	if err != nil {
		decodeStrictErr, ok := runtime.AsStrictDecodingError(err)
		if !ok || obj == nil {
			return nil, gvk, err
		}
		decodingStrictErrs = decodeStrictErr.Errors()
	}
	var unknownFields []string
	if u, ok := obj.(*unstructured.Unstructured); ok {