field.Invalid(field.NewPath("patch"), string(patchedObjJS), err.Error()),
			})
		case p.validationDirective == metav1.FieldValidationWarn:
			addStrictDecodingWarnings(requestContext, append(appliedStrictErrs, strictError.Errors()...))
		default:
			strictDecodingError := runtime.NewStrictDecodingError(append(appliedStrictErrs, strictError.Errors()...))

	for i, s := range splitStrings {
		splitStrings[i] = strings.TrimSpace(s)
	}
	return splitStrings
}

// addStrictDecodingWarnings confirms that the error is a strict decoding error
// and if so adds a warning for each strict decoding violation.
func addStrictDecodingWarnings(requestContext context.Context, errs []error) {
	for _, e := range errs {
		yamlWarnings := parseYAMLWarnings(e.Error())

		if err != nil {
			strictError, isStrictError := runtime.AsStrictDecodingError(err)
			switch {
			case isStrictError && obj != nil && validationDirective == metav1.FieldValidationWarn:
				addStrictDecodingWarnings(req.Context(), strictError.Errors())
			case isStrictError && validationDirective == metav1.FieldValidationIgnore:
				klog.Warningf("unexpected strict error when field validation is set to ignore")
				fallthrough

		if err != nil {
			strictError, isStrictError := runtime.AsStrictDecodingError(err)
			switch {
			case isStrictError && obj != nil && validationDirective == metav1.FieldValidationWarn:
				addStrictDecodingWarnings(req.Context(), strictError.Errors())
			case isStrictError && validationDirective == metav1.FieldValidationIgnore:
				klog.Warningf("unexpected strict error when field validation is set to ignore")
				fallthrough