translator.go

// fragment
	case "say":
		// can we get this to work using the existing type from the map?
		responsePrototypePtr := responseRegistry["say"]
		log.Printf("responsePrototypePtr %s is at addr %p", reflect.TypeOf(responsePrototypePtr), responsePrototypePtr)
		// allocate a new response based off of prototype
		// this allocates a **Response
		responseObjPtr := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(&responsePrototypePtr)).Interface()
		log.Printf("responseObjPtr type %s, string %s", reflect.TypeOf(responseObjPtr), responseObjPtr)

		// now need to allocate a Response
		responseObj := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(responseObjPtr))
		//responseObj = reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(responseObjPtr.Elem().Interface().(Response)))

		log.Printf("responseObj type %s at addr %p", reflect.TypeOf(responseObj), responseObj)
		log.Printf("&responseObj type %s", reflect.TypeOf(&responseObj))
		log.Println("what im trying to get:", reflect.TypeOf(&SayResponse{}))
		log.Printf("does this equal? %s", reflect.TypeOf(&SayResponse{}) == reflect.TypeOf(responseObj))
		if reflect.TypeOf(&SayResponse{}) != reflect.TypeOf(responseObj) {
			panic("types are wrong")
		}

		log.Println("responseObj kind", reflect.TypeOf(responseObj).Kind())
		response = decodeResponse(responseObj, rawMap)