if t.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
		t = t.Elem()
	}

	if t.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
		return nil, mergepatch.ErrBadArgKind(struct{}{}, dataStruct)
	}

	return t, nil
}

func GetTagStructTypeOrDie(dataStruct interface{}) reflect.Type {
	t, err := getTagStructType(dataStruct)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return t
}

type PatchMetaFromOpenAPIV3 struct {

	NonMergingList []MergeItem       `json:"nonMergingList,omitempty"`
}

var (
	mergeItem             MergeItem
	mergeItemStructSchema = PatchMetaFromStruct{T: GetTagStructTypeOrDie(mergeItem)}
)

// These are test cases for SortMergeList, used to assert that it (recursively)
// sorts both merging and non merging lists correctly.
var sortMergeListTestCaseData = []byte(`
testCases: