Golang Cast interface to struct
To answer the question directly, i.e., to cast an interface
into a concrete type, you do:
v = i.(T)
where i
is the interface and T
is the concrete type. It will panic if the underlying type is not T. To have a safe cast, you use:
v, ok = i.(T)
and if the underlying type is not T
, ok is set to false
, otherwise true
. Note that T
can also be an interface type and if it is, the code cast i
into a new interface instead of a concrete type.
And please be noted, casting an interface is likely a symbol of bad design. As in your code, you should ask yourself, does your custom interface Connection
solely requires GetClient
or does it always requires a GetValue
? Does your GetRedisValue
function requires a Connection
or does it always wants a concrete struct?
Change your code accordingly.
Your Connection
interface:
type Connection interface {
GetClient() (*redis.Client, error)
}
only says that there is a GetClient
method, it says nothing about supporting GetValue
.
If you want to call GetValue
on a Connection
like this:
func GetRedisValue(c Connection, key string) (string, error) {
value, err := c.GetValue(key)
return value, err
}
then you should include GetValue
in the interface:
type Connection interface {
GetClient() (*redis.Client, error)
GetValue(string) (string, error) // <-------------------
}
Now you're saying that all Connection
s will support the GetValue
method that you want to use.