encodestruct

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encodestruct 🔃

A package containing functions that might help you encode and decode structs to strings.

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The examples show how you may encode a struct into a base64 encoded string using the gob encoder. The package is available if you do not want to copy the few lines required for yourself.

Documentation

Index

• func Decode(s string, v interface{})
• func Encode(v interface{}) string

Examples

• Decode
• Encode

Functions

func Decode

func Decode(s string, v interface{})

Decode will convert a base64 encoded string into bytes to decode into the value passed in the parameters using the gob decoder

Example

encoded := "Ov+BAwEBDUNvbXBsZXhTdHJ1Y3QB/4IAAQMBBE5hbWUBDAABA0FnZQEGAAEIQmlydGhkYXkB/4QAAAAQ/4MFAQEEVGltZQH/hAAAACX/ggENamVzc2UgbWljaGFlbAEdAQ8BAAAADp37yWMAAAAA//8A"
var v ComplexStruct
Decode(encoded, &v)
fmt.Printf("%v", v)

Output:

{jesse michael 29 1990-06-04 03:15:47 +0000 UTC}

func Encode

func Encode(v interface{}) string

Encode will convert the passed in value to a []byte using the gob encoder and base64 encode the bytes

Example

t, _ := time.ParseInLocation(time.RFC3339, "1990-06-04T03:15:47.000Z", time.UTC)
v := ComplexStruct{
	Name:     "jesse michael",
	Age:      29,
	Birthday: t,
}

encoded := Encode(&v)
fmt.Println(encoded)

Output:

Ov+BAwEBDUNvbXBsZXhTdHJ1Y3QB/4IAAQMBBE5hbWUBDAABA0FnZQEGAAEIQmlydGhkYXkB/4QAAAAQ/4MFAQEEVGltZQH/hAAAACX/ggENamVzc2UgbWljaGFlbAEdAQ8BAAAADp37yWMAAAAA//8A