From d7a1ac229127029db92a383d59e9e8d1eb352859 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrii Chubatiuk <andrew.chubatiuk@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:54:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] support custom markers with values

---
 config/config.go       |  5 +++--
 processor/processor.go | 15 ++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index b1c792e..3b9b68f 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ type ProcessorConfig struct {
 }
 
 type Marker struct {
-	Name   string
-	Target TargetType
+	Name     string
+	Target   TargetType
+	HasValue bool `json:"hasValue"`
 }
 
 type TargetType string
diff --git a/processor/processor.go b/processor/processor.go
index 3c2d056..0d6cecb 100644
--- a/processor/processor.go
+++ b/processor/processor.go
@@ -527,9 +527,19 @@ func mkRegistry(customMarkers []config.Marker) (*markers.Registry, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if err := registry.Define(marker.Name, t, struct{}{}); err != nil {
+		var d *markers.Definition
+		var err error
+		if marker.HasValue {
+			d, err = markers.MakeAnyTypeDefinition(marker.Name, t, crdmarkers.Default{})
+		} else {
+			d, err = markers.MakeDefinition(marker.Name, t, struct{}{})
+		}
+		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to define custom marker %s: %w", marker.Name, err)
 		}
+		if err := registry.Register(d); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to register custom marker %s: %w", marker.Name, err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return registry, nil
@@ -547,7 +557,6 @@ func parseMarkers(markers markers.MarkerValues) (string, []string) {
 
 	for _, name := range markerNames {
 		value := markers[name][len(markers[name])-1]
-
 		if strings.HasPrefix(name, "kubebuilder:validation:") {
 			name := strings.TrimPrefix(name, "kubebuilder:validation:")
 
@@ -569,7 +578,7 @@ func parseMarkers(markers markers.MarkerValues) (string, []string) {
 			defaultValue = fmt.Sprintf("%v", v.Value)
 		}
 
-    // Handle standalone +required and +k8s:required marker
+		// Handle standalone +required and +k8s:required marker
 		// This is equivalent to +kubebuilder:validation:Required
 		if name == "required" || name == "k8s:required" {
 			validation = append(validation, "Required: {}")