Add RNode.Map method and test to help decoding.

kyaml/yaml/rnode.go

@@ -785,6 +785,19 @@ func FromMap(m map[string]interface{}) (*RNode, error) {
 	return Parse(string(c))
 }
 
+func (rn *RNode) Map() map[string]interface{} {
+	if rn == nil || rn.value == nil {
+		return make(map[string]interface{})
+	}
+	var result map[string]interface{}
+	if err := rn.value.Decode(&result); err != nil {
+		// Should not be able to create an RNode that cannot be decoded;
+		// this is an unrecoverable error.
+		log.Fatalf("failed to decode ynode: %v", err)
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
 // ConvertJSONToYamlNode parses input json string and returns equivalent yaml node
 func ConvertJSONToYamlNode(jsonStr string) (*RNode, error) {
 	var body map[string]interface{}

kyaml/yaml/rnode_test.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -384,6 +385,38 @@ func TestRNodeGetValidatedMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRNodeMapEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(NewRNode(nil).Map()))
+}
+
+func TestRNodeMap(t *testing.T) {
+	wn := NewRNode(nil)
+	if err := wn.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(`{
+  "apiVersion": "apps/v1",
+  "kind": "Deployment",
+  "metadata": {
+    "name": "homer",
+    "namespace": "simpsons"
+  }
+}`)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected unmarshaljson err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	expected := map[string]interface{}{
+		"apiVersion": "apps/v1",
+		"kind":       "Deployment",
+		"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+			"name":      "homer",
+			"namespace": "simpsons",
+		},
+	}
+
+	actual := wn.Map()
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, actual); diff != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("actual map does not deep equal expected map:\n%v", diff)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRNodeFromMap(t *testing.T) {
 	testConfigMap := map[string]interface{}{
 		"apiVersion": "v1",