Restore ugorji json decoding with type coercion

glide.yaml

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ excludeDirs:
 - cmd/service-catalog
 - pkg/build/builder
 import:
+- package: github.com/ugorji/go
+  version: ded73eae5db7e7a0ef6f55aace87a2873c5d2b74
 - package: github.com/coreos/etcd
   version: v3.2.8
 - package: github.com/gonum/graph

pkg/api/compatibility_test.go

@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	jsonserializer "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer/json"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
@@ -111,6 +114,60 @@ func TestAllowedGrouplessVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAllowedTypeCoercion(t *testing.T) {
+	ten := int64(10)
+
+	testcases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    []byte
+		into     runtime.Object
+		expected runtime.Object
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "string to number",
+			input: []byte(`{
+				"kind":"Pod",
+				"apiVersion":"v1",
+				"spec":{"activeDeadlineSeconds":"10"}
+			}`),
+			expected: &v1.Pod{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{Kind: "Pod", APIVersion: "v1"},
+				Spec:     v1.PodSpec{ActiveDeadlineSeconds: &ten},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty object to array",
+			input: []byte(`{
+				"kind":"Pod",
+				"apiVersion":"v1",
+				"spec":{"containers":{}}
+			}`),
+			expected: &v1.Pod{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{Kind: "Pod", APIVersion: "v1"},
+				Spec:     v1.PodSpec{Containers: []v1.Container{}},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i := range testcases {
+		func(i int) {
+			tc := testcases[i]
+			t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				s := jsonserializer.NewSerializer(jsonserializer.DefaultMetaFactory, legacyscheme.Scheme, legacyscheme.Scheme, false)
+				obj, _, err := s.Decode(tc.input, nil, tc.into)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Error(err)
+					return
+				}
+				if !reflect.DeepEqual(obj, tc.expected) {
+					t.Errorf("Expected\n%#v\ngot\n%#v", tc.expected, obj)
+					return
+				}
+			})
+		}(i)
+	}
+}
+
 func getJSONValue(data map[string]interface{}, keys ...string) (interface{}, bool, error) {
 	// No keys, current value is it
 	if len(keys) == 0 {