Beginning Go Programming: Build Reliable and Efficient Applications with Go

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R. Hussain, M. ZulfiqarBeginning Go Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8858-0_5

5. Structs, Methods, and Interfaces

Rumeel Hussain¹   and Maryam Zulfiqar²

(1)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

(2)

Lahore, Pakistan

 

Go supports structs (short for structures) that allow programmers to define user-defined types. Related data that exhibits a “has-a” relationship can be grouped into a single logical unit using structs. Methods in Go are functions that can be tied to user-defined types to define their behavior. Another important feature of the Go language is the concept of interfaces. In Go, structs and interfaces go hand in hand to organize methods and data handling. ...