Go Standard Library Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter05/recipe10.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the gob.go file with the following content:

        package main        import (          "bytes"          "encoding/gob"          "fmt"        )        type User struct {          FirstName string          LastName string          Age int          Active bool        }        func (u User) String() string {          return fmt.Sprintf(`{"FirstName":%s,"LastName":%s,                               "Age":%d,"Active":%v }`,          u.FirstName, u.LastName, u.Age, u.Active)        }        type SimpleUser struct {          FirstName string          LastName string        }        func (u SimpleUser) String() string {          return fmt.Sprintf(`{"FirstName":%s,"LastName":%s}`,          u.FirstName, u.LastName)        }        func main() {          var buff bytes.Buffer          // Encode value          enc := gob.NewEncoder(&buff)          user := User{            "Radomir",            "Sohlich",            30,            true,          } enc.Encode(user) ...