Pro Go: The Complete Guide to Programming Reliable and Efficient Software Using Golang

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11. Using Methods and Interfaces

Adam Freeman¹  

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London, UK

 

In this chapter, I describe the Go support for methods, which can be used to provide features for structs and to create abstraction through interfaces. Table 11-1 puts these features in context.

Table 11-1

Putting Methods and Interfaces in Context

Question	Answer
What are they?	Methods are functions that are invoked on a struct and have access to all of the fields defined by the value’s type. Interfaces define sets of methods, which can be implemented by struct types.
Why are they useful?	These features allow types to be mixed and used through ...