kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/mapper.go

type mapper …

// InfoForData creates an Info object for the given data. An error is returned
// if any of the decoding or client lookup steps fail. Name and namespace will be
// set into Info if the mapping's MetadataAccessor can retrieve them.
func (m *mapper) infoForData(data []byte, source string) (*Info, error) { … }

// InfoForObject creates an Info object for the given Object. An error is returned
// if the object cannot be introspected. Name and namespace will be set into Info
// if the mapping's MetadataAccessor can retrieve them.
func (m *mapper) infoForObject(obj runtime.Object, typer runtime.ObjectTyper, preferredGVKs []schema.GroupVersionKind) (*Info, error) { … }

// preferredObjectKind picks the possibility that most closely matches the priority list in this order:
// GroupVersionKind matches (exact match)
// GroupKind matches
// Group matches
func preferredObjectKind(possibilities []schema.GroupVersionKind, preferences []schema.GroupVersionKind) schema.GroupVersionKind { … }