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

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "reflect"
)

type Log struct {
    Path  string
    Level string
}

func (l *Log) Conversion(i interface{}) {

    if data, ok := i.(*Log); ok {
        if data != nil {
            if len(data.Path) > 0 {
                l.Path = data.Path
            }
            if len(data.Level) > 0 {
                l.Level = data.Level
            }
        }
    }
}

type Storage struct {
    Type       string
    ServerList []string
}

func (s *Storage) Conversion(i interface{}) {

   if data, ok := i.(*Storage); ok {
        if data != nil {
            if len(data.Type) > 0 {
                s.Type = data.Type
            }
        }
    }
}

type Server struct {
    LogConfig     *Log
    StorageConfig *Storage
}

func main() {
    def := Server{
        LogConfig: &Log{
            Path:  "/your/old/log/path/",
            Level: "info",
        },
        StorageConfig: &Storage{
            Type:       "zookeeper",
            ServerList: []string{"127.0.0.1:2181"},
        },
    }

    fmt.Println(def)
    cur := Server{
        LogConfig: &Log{
            Path:  "/your/new/log/path/",
            Level: "debug",
        },
        StorageConfig: &Storage{
            Type:       "etcd",
            ServerList: []string{"127.0.0.1:2379"},
        },
    }

    fmt.Println(cur)

    defV := reflect.ValueOf(def)
    curV := reflect.ValueOf(cur)
    for k := 0; k < defV.NumField(); k++ {
        in := make([]reflect.Value, 1)
        in[0] = reflect.ValueOf(curV.Field(k).Interface())
        defV.Field(k).MethodByName("Conversion").Call(in)
    }

    fmt.Println(def.LogConfig)
    fmt.Println(def.StorageConfig)
}