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Reflections
Package reflections provides high level abstractions above the golang reflect library.
Reflect library is very low-level and can be quite complex when it comes to do simple things like accessing a structure field value, a field tag...
The purpose of reflections package is to make developers life easier when it comes to introspect structures at runtime. Its API is inspired from python language (getattr, setattr, hasattr...) and provides a simplified access to structure fields and tags.
Reflections is an open source library under the MIT license. Any hackers are welcome to supply ideas, features requests, patches, pull requests and so on: see Contribute
Documentation
Documentation is available at http://godoc.org/github.com/oleiade/reflections
Installation
Into the gopath
go get github.com/oleiade/reflections
Import it in your code
import (
"github.com/oleiade/reflections"
)
Usage
Accessing structure fields
GetField returns the content of a structure field. It can be very usefull when you'd wanna iterate over a struct specific fields values for example. You can whether provide GetField a structure or a pointer to structure as first argument.
s := MyStruct {
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
fieldsToExtract := []string{"FirstField", "ThirdField"}
for _, fieldName := range fieldsToExtract {
value, err := reflections.GetField(s, fieldName)
DoWhatEverWithThatValue(value)
}
GetFieldKind returns the reflect.Kind of a structure field. It can be used to operate type assertion over a structure fields at runtime. You can whether provide GetFieldKind a structure or a pointer to structure as first argument.
s := MyStruct{
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
var firstFieldKind reflect.String
var secondFieldKind reflect.Int
var err error
firstFieldKind, err = GetFieldKind(s, "FirstField")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
secondFieldKind, err = GetFieldKind(s, "SecondField")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
GetFieldTag extracts a specific structure field tag. You can whether provide GetFieldTag a structure or a pointer to structure as first argument.
s := MyStruct{}
tag, err := reflections.GetFieldTag(s, "FirstField", "matched")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(tag)
tag, err = reflections.GetFieldTag(s, "ThirdField", "unmatched")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(tag)
HasField asserts a field exists through structure. You can whether provide HasField a structure or a pointer to structure as first argument.
s := MyStruct {
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
// has == true
has, _ := reflections.HasField(s, "FirstField")
// has == false
has, _ := reflections.HasField(s, "FourthField")
Fields returns the list of a structure field names, so you can access or modify them later on. You can whether provide Fields a structure or a pointer to structure as first argument.
s := MyStruct {
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
var fields []string
// Fields will list every structure exportable fields.
// Here, it's content would be equal to:
// []string{"FirstField", "SecondField", "ThirdField"}
fields, _ = reflections.Fields(s)
Items returns the structure's field name to values map. You can whether provide Items a structure or a pointer to structure as first argument.
s := MyStruct {
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
var structItems map[string]interface{}
// Items will return a field name to
// field value map
structItems, _ = reflections.Items(s)
Tags returns the structure's fields tag with the provided key. You can whether provide Tags a structure or a pointer to structure as first argument.
s := MyStruct {
FirstField: "first value", `matched:"first tag"`
SecondField: 2, `matched:"second tag"`
ThirdField: "third value", `unmatched:"third tag"`
}
var structTags map[string]string
// Tags will return a field name to tag content
// map. Nota that only field with the tag name
// you've provided which will be matched.
// Here structTags will contain:
// {
// "FirstField": "first tag",
// "SecondField": "second tag",
// }
structTags, _ = reflections.Tags(s, "matched")
Set a structure field value
SetField update's a structure's field value with the one provided. Note that unexported fields cannot be set, and that field type and value type have to match.
s := MyStruct {
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
// In order to be able to set the structure's values,
// a pointer to it has to be passed to it.
_ := reflections.SetField(&s, "FirstField", "new value")
// If you try to set a field's value using the wrong type,
// an error will be returned
err := reflection.SetField(&s, "FirstField", 123) // err != nil
Important notes
- unexported fields cannot be accessed or set using reflections library: the golang reflect library intentionaly prohibits unexported fields values access or modifications.
Contribute
- Check for open issues or open a fresh issue to start a discussion around a feature idea or a bug.
- Fork
the repository_ on GitHub to start making your changes to the master branch (or branch off of it). - Write tests which shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature works as expected.
- Send a pull request and bug the maintainer until it gets merged and published. :) Make sure to add yourself to AUTHORS_.
Documentation
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Overview ¶
Package reflections provides high level abstractions above the reflect library.
Reflect library is very low-level and as can be quite complex when it comes to do simple things like accessing a structure field value, a field tag...
The purpose of reflections package is to make developers life easier when it comes to introspect structures at runtime. It's API is freely inspired from python language (getattr, setattr, hasattr...) and provides a simplified access to structure fields and tags.
Index ¶
- func Fields(obj interface{}) ([]string, error)
- func GetField(obj interface{}, name string) (interface{}, error)
- func GetFieldKind(obj interface{}, name string) (reflect.Kind, error)
- func GetFieldTag(obj interface{}, fieldName, tagKey string) (string, error)
- func HasField(obj interface{}, name string) (bool, error)
- func Items(obj interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error)
- func SetField(obj interface{}, name string, value interface{}) error
- func Tags(obj interface{}, key string) (map[string]string, error)
Examples ¶
Constants ¶
This section is empty.
Variables ¶
This section is empty.
Functions ¶
func Fields ¶
Fields returns the struct fields names list. obj can whether be a structure or pointer to structure.
Example ¶
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/oleiade/reflections"
)
type MyStruct struct {
FirstField string `matched:"first tag"`
SecondField int `matched:"second tag"`
ThirdField string `unmatched:"third tag"`
}
func main() {
s := MyStruct{
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
var fields []string
// Fields will list every structure exportable fields.
// Here, it's content would be equal to:
// []string{"FirstField", "SecondField", "ThirdField"}
fields, _ = reflections.Fields(s)
fmt.Println(fields)
}
Output:
func GetField ¶
GetField returns the value of the provided obj field. obj can whether be a structure or pointer to structure.
Example ¶
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/oleiade/reflections"
"log"
)
type MyStruct struct {
FirstField string `matched:"first tag"`
SecondField int `matched:"second tag"`
ThirdField string `unmatched:"third tag"`
}
func main() {
s := MyStruct{
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
fieldsToExtract := []string{"FirstField", "ThirdField"}
for _, fieldName := range fieldsToExtract {
value, err := reflections.GetField(s, fieldName)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(value)
}
}
Output:
func GetFieldKind ¶
GetFieldKind returns the kind of the provided obj field. obj can whether be a structure or pointer to structure.
Example ¶
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/oleiade/reflections"
"log"
"reflect"
)
type MyStruct struct {
FirstField string `matched:"first tag"`
SecondField int `matched:"second tag"`
ThirdField string `unmatched:"third tag"`
}
func main() {
s := MyStruct{
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
var firstFieldKind reflect.Kind
var secondFieldKind reflect.Kind
var err error
// GetFieldKind will return reflect.String
firstFieldKind, err = reflections.GetFieldKind(s, "FirstField")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(firstFieldKind)
// GetFieldKind will return reflect.Int
secondFieldKind, err = reflections.GetFieldKind(s, "SecondField")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(secondFieldKind)
}
Output:
func GetFieldTag ¶
GetFieldTag returns the provided obj field tag value. obj can whether be a structure or pointer to structure.
Example ¶
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/oleiade/reflections"
"log"
)
type MyStruct struct {
FirstField string `matched:"first tag"`
SecondField int `matched:"second tag"`
ThirdField string `unmatched:"third tag"`
}
func main() {
s := MyStruct{}
tag, err := reflections.GetFieldTag(s, "FirstField", "matched")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(tag)
tag, err = reflections.GetFieldTag(s, "ThirdField", "unmatched")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(tag)
}
Output:
func HasField ¶
HasField checks if the provided field name is part of a struct. obj can whether be a structure or pointer to structure.
Example ¶
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/oleiade/reflections"
)
type MyStruct struct {
FirstField string `matched:"first tag"`
SecondField int `matched:"second tag"`
ThirdField string `unmatched:"third tag"`
}
func main() {
s := MyStruct{
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
// has == true
has, _ := reflections.HasField(s, "FirstField")
fmt.Println(has)
// has == false
has, _ = reflections.HasField(s, "FourthField")
fmt.Println(has)
}
Output:
func Items ¶
Items returns the field - value struct pairs as a map. obj can whether be a structure or pointer to structure.
Example ¶
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/oleiade/reflections"
)
type MyStruct struct {
FirstField string `matched:"first tag"`
SecondField int `matched:"second tag"`
ThirdField string `unmatched:"third tag"`
}
func main() {
s := MyStruct{
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
var structItems map[string]interface{}
// Items will return a field name to
// field value map
structItems, _ = reflections.Items(s)
fmt.Println(structItems)
}
Output:
func SetField ¶
SetField sets the provided obj field with provided value. obj param has to be a pointer to a struct, otherwise it will soundly fail. Provided value type should match with the struct field you're trying to set.
Example ¶
package main
import (
"github.com/oleiade/reflections"
"log"
)
type MyStruct struct {
FirstField string `matched:"first tag"`
SecondField int `matched:"second tag"`
ThirdField string `unmatched:"third tag"`
}
func main() {
s := MyStruct{
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
// In order to be able to set the structure's values,
// a pointer to it has to be passed to it.
err := reflections.SetField(&s, "FirstField", "new value")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
// If you try to set a field's value using the wrong type,
// an error will be returned
err = reflections.SetField(&s, "FirstField", 123) // err != nil
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
}
Output:
func Tags ¶
Tags lists the struct tag fields. obj can whether be a structure or pointer to structure.
Example ¶
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/oleiade/reflections"
)
type MyStruct struct {
FirstField string `matched:"first tag"`
SecondField int `matched:"second tag"`
ThirdField string `unmatched:"third tag"`
}
func main() {
s := MyStruct{
FirstField: "first value",
SecondField: 2,
ThirdField: "third value",
}
var structTags map[string]string
// Tags will return a field name to tag content
// map. Nota that only field with the tag name
// you've provided which will be matched.
// Here structTags will contain:
// {
// "FirstField": "first tag",
// "SecondField": "second tag",
// }
structTags, _ = reflections.Tags(s, "matched")
fmt.Println(structTags)
}
Output:
Types ¶
This section is empty.
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