Currently, the validation logic validates fields in an object and supply default
values wherever applies. This change factors out defaulting to a set of
defaulting callback functions for decoding (see #1502 for more discussion).

 * This change is based on pull request 2587.

 * Most defaulting has been migrated to defaults.go where the defaulting
   functions are added.

 * validation_test.go and converter_test.go have been adapted to not testing the
   default values.

 * Fixed all tests with that create invalid objects with the absence of
   defaulting logic.