// Copyright 2012 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package reflect_test import ( "bytes" "encoding/json" "fmt" "io" "os" "reflect" ) func ExampleKind() { for _, v := range []interface{}{"hi", 42, func() {}} { switch v := reflect.ValueOf(v); v.Kind() { case reflect.String: fmt.Println(v.String()) case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64: fmt.Println(v.Int()) default: fmt.Printf("unhandled kind %s", v.Kind()) } } // Output: // hi // 42 // unhandled kind func } func ExampleMakeFunc() { // swap is the implementation passed to MakeFunc. // It must work in terms of reflect.Values so that it is possible // to write code without knowing beforehand what the types // will be. swap := func(in []reflect.Value) []reflect.Value { return []reflect.Value{in[1], in[0]} } // makeSwap expects fptr to be a pointer to a nil function. // It sets that pointer to a new function created with MakeFunc. // When the function is invoked, reflect turns the arguments // into Values, calls swap, and then turns swap's result slice // into the values returned by the new function. makeSwap := func(fptr interface{}) { // fptr is a pointer to a function. // Obtain the function value itself (likely nil) as a reflect.Value // so that we can query its type and then set the value. fn := reflect.ValueOf(fptr).Elem() // Make a function of the right type. v := reflect.MakeFunc(fn.Type(), swap) // Assign it to the value fn represents. fn.Set(v) } // Make and call a swap function for ints. var intSwap func(int, int) (int, int) makeSwap(&intSwap) fmt.Println(intSwap(0, 1)) // Make and call a swap function for float64s. var floatSwap func(float64, float64) (float64, float64) makeSwap(&floatSwap) fmt.Println(floatSwap(2.72, 3.14)) // Output: // 1 0 // 3.14 2.72 } func ExampleStructTag() { type S struct { F string `species:"gopher" color:"blue"` } s := S{} st := reflect.TypeOf(s) field := st.Field(0) fmt.Println(field.Tag.Get("color"), field.Tag.Get("species")) // Output: // blue gopher } func ExampleStructTag_Lookup() { type S struct { F0 string `alias:"field_0"` F1 string `alias:""` F2 string } s := S{} st := reflect.TypeOf(s) for i := 0; i < st.NumField(); i++ { field := st.Field(i) if alias, ok := field.Tag.Lookup("alias"); ok { if alias == "" { fmt.Println("(blank)") } else { fmt.Println(alias) } } else { fmt.Println("(not specified)") } } // Output: // field_0 // (blank) // (not specified) } func ExampleTypeOf() { // As interface types are only used for static typing, a // common idiom to find the reflection Type for an interface // type Foo is to use a *Foo value. writerType := reflect.TypeOf((*io.Writer)(nil)).Elem() fileType := reflect.TypeOf((*os.File)(nil)) fmt.Println(fileType.Implements(writerType)) // Output: // true } func ExampleStructOf() { typ := reflect.StructOf([]reflect.StructField{ { Name: "Height", Type: reflect.TypeOf(float64(0)), Tag: `json:"height"`, }, { Name: "Age", Type: reflect.TypeOf(int(0)), Tag: `json:"age"`, }, }) v := reflect.New(typ).Elem() v.Field(0).SetFloat(0.4) v.Field(1).SetInt(2) s := v.Addr().Interface() w := new(bytes.Buffer) if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(s); err != nil { panic(err) } fmt.Printf("value: %+v\n", s) fmt.Printf("json: %s", w.Bytes()) r := bytes.NewReader([]byte(`{"height":1.5,"age":10}`)) if err := json.NewDecoder(r).Decode(s); err != nil { panic(err) } fmt.Printf("value: %+v\n", s) // Output: // value: &{Height:0.4 Age:2} // json: {"height":0.4,"age":2} // value: &{Height:1.5 Age:10} } func ExampleValue_FieldByIndex() { // This example shows a case in which the name of a promoted field // is hidden by another field: FieldByName will not work, so // FieldByIndex must be used instead. type user struct { firstName string lastName string } type data struct { user firstName string lastName string } u := data{ user: user{"Embedded John", "Embedded Doe"}, firstName: "John", lastName: "Doe", } s := reflect.ValueOf(u).FieldByIndex([]int{0, 1}) fmt.Println("embedded last name:", s) // Output: // embedded last name: Embedded Doe }