// Package structs is for manipulating structures with reflection package structs import ( "reflect" ) // SetFrom sets the public members of a from b // // a and b should be pointers to structs // // a can be a different type from b // // Only the Fields which have the same name and assignable type on a // and b will be set. // // This is useful for copying between almost identical structures that // are frequently present in auto-generated code for cloud storage // interfaces. func SetFrom(a, b interface{}) { ta := reflect.TypeOf(a).Elem() tb := reflect.TypeOf(b).Elem() va := reflect.ValueOf(a).Elem() vb := reflect.ValueOf(b).Elem() for i := 0; i < tb.NumField(); i++ { bField := vb.Field(i) tbField := tb.Field(i) name := tbField.Name aField := va.FieldByName(name) taField, found := ta.FieldByName(name) if found && aField.IsValid() && bField.IsValid() && aField.CanSet() && tbField.Type.AssignableTo(taField.Type) { aField.Set(bField) } } } // SetDefaults for a from b // // a and b should be pointers to the same kind of struct // // This copies the public members only from b to a. This is useful if // you can't just use a struct copy because it contains a private // mutex, e.g. as http.Transport. func SetDefaults(a, b interface{}) { pt := reflect.TypeOf(a) t := pt.Elem() va := reflect.ValueOf(a).Elem() vb := reflect.ValueOf(b).Elem() for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ { aField := va.Field(i) // Set a from b if it is public if aField.CanSet() { bField := vb.Field(i) aField.Set(bField) } } }