NOTE: Using this custom encoder avoids the json.Marshal() default behavior of encoding utf8 characters such as: '@', '<', '>', etc.

Creates strings of spaces based upon provided integer length (e.g., the --indent <length> flag).

NOTE: simple wrapper method on json package to standardize parms WARNING: By default, json.Marshal() methods will use a unicode encoding which will encode utf8 characters such as: '@', '<', '>', etc.

TODO we SHOULD normalize the timestamp to Z (0).

Validates a complete Date-Time ISO8601 timestamp TODO verify it works for data, date-time, date-time-timezone formats.

Currently, truncate.

Globals.

NOTE: These flags are shared by both the list and policy subcommands.

Common flags for all "list" (report) commands (e.g., license list, vulnerability list, etc.).

TODO: unused/unimplemented.

TODO: write a "parse" method for the struct (i.e., from "raw" to slice).