Call a Struct and its Method by name in Go?

Question

I have found a function call MethodByName() here http://golang.org/pkg/reflect/#Value.MethodByName but it\'s not exactly what I want! (maybe because I don\'t kn

Answer 1

gist invoke struct method with error handling

// Invoke - firstResult, err := Invoke(AnyStructInterface, MethodName, Params...)
func invoke(any interface{}, name string, args ...interface{}) (reflect.Value, error) {
    method := reflect.ValueOf(any).MethodByName(name)
    methodType := method.Type()
    numIn := methodType.NumIn()
    if numIn > len(args) {
        return reflect.ValueOf(nil), fmt.Errorf("Method %s must have minimum %d params. Have %d", name, numIn, len(args))
    }
    if numIn != len(args) && !methodType.IsVariadic() {
        return reflect.ValueOf(nil), fmt.Errorf("Method %s must have %d params. Have %d", name, numIn, len(args))
    }
    in := make([]reflect.Value, len(args))
    for i := 0; i < len(args); i++ {
        var inType reflect.Type
        if methodType.IsVariadic() && i >= numIn-1 {
            inType = methodType.In(numIn - 1).Elem()
        } else {
            inType = methodType.In(i)
        }
        argValue := reflect.ValueOf(args[i])
        if !argValue.IsValid() {
            return reflect.ValueOf(nil), fmt.Errorf("Method %s. Param[%d] must be %s. Have %s", name, i, inType, argValue.String())
        }
        argType := argValue.Type()
        if argType.ConvertibleTo(inType) {
            in[i] = argValue.Convert(inType)
        } else {
            return reflect.ValueOf(nil), fmt.Errorf("Method %s. Param[%d] must be %s. Have %s", name, i, inType, argType)
        }
    }
    return method.Call(in)[0], nil
}