src/reflect/example_test.go

// 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 (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"
	"reflect"
)

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 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
}