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Go 1.21 Generic Functions Examples
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package main | |
import ( | |
"bytes" | |
"encoding/gob" | |
"fmt" | |
"reflect" | |
"strings" | |
) | |
func main() { | |
basicUsage() | |
SumGenericsUsage() | |
SerializeUsage() | |
DeserializeUsage() | |
ValidateUsage() | |
ValidateUsage2() | |
ValidateAddressUsage() | |
ValidateUserUsage() | |
} | |
func First[T any](items []T) T { | |
return items[0] | |
} | |
func basicUsage() { | |
intSlice := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} | |
firstInt := First[int](intSlice) // returns 1 | |
println(firstInt) | |
stringSlice := []string{"apple", "banana", "cherry"} | |
firstString := First[string](stringSlice) // returns "apple" | |
println(firstString) | |
} | |
// optional types in generic functions | |
func SumGenerics[T int | int16 | int32 | int64 | int8 | float32 | float64](a, b T) T { | |
return a + b | |
} | |
func SumGenericsUsage() { | |
myInt1 := int32(1) | |
myInt2 := int32(2) | |
myIntSum := SumGenerics(myInt1, myInt2) | |
println(myIntSum) | |
myFloat1 := float32(1.1) | |
myFloat2 := float32(2.2) | |
myFloatSum := SumGenerics(myFloat1, myFloat2) | |
println(myFloatSum) | |
} | |
// ## struct serialize, deserialize | |
type Person struct { | |
Name string | |
Age int | |
Address string | |
} | |
func Serialize[T any](data T) ([]byte, error) { | |
buffer := bytes.Buffer{} | |
encoder := gob.NewEncoder(&buffer) | |
err := encoder.Encode(data) | |
if err != nil { | |
return nil, err | |
} | |
return buffer.Bytes(), nil | |
} | |
func Deserialize[T any](b []byte) (T, error) { | |
buffer := bytes.Buffer{} | |
buffer.Write(b) | |
decoder := gob.NewDecoder(&buffer) | |
var data T | |
err := decoder.Decode(&data) | |
if err != nil { | |
return data, err | |
} | |
return data, nil | |
} | |
func SerializeUsage() { | |
person := Person{ | |
Name: "John", | |
Age: 30, | |
Address: "123 Main St.", | |
} | |
serialized, err := Serialize(person) | |
if err != nil { | |
panic(err) | |
} | |
println(serialized) | |
} | |
func DeserializeUsage() { | |
person := Person{ | |
Name: "John", | |
Age: 30, | |
Address: "123 Main St.", | |
} | |
serialized, err := Serialize(person) | |
if err != nil { | |
panic(err) | |
} | |
deserialized, err := Deserialize[Person](serialized) | |
if err != nil { | |
panic(err) | |
} | |
fmt.Printf("Name: %s, Age: %d, Address: %s", deserialized.Name, deserialized.Age, deserialized.Address) | |
} | |
// ## validators | |
type Validator[T any] func(T) error | |
func Validate[T any](data T, validators ...Validator[T]) error { | |
for _, validator := range validators { | |
err := validator(data) | |
if err != nil { | |
return err | |
} | |
} | |
return nil | |
} | |
func StringNotEmpty(s string) error { | |
if len(strings.TrimSpace(s)) == 0 { | |
return fmt.Errorf("string cannot be empty") | |
} | |
return nil | |
} | |
func IntInRange(num int, min, max int) error { | |
if num < min || num > max { | |
return fmt.Errorf("number must be between %d and %d", min, max) | |
} | |
return nil | |
} | |
func ValidateUsage() { | |
person := Person{ | |
Name: "John", | |
Age: 30, | |
Address: "123 Main St.", | |
} | |
err := Validate(person, func(p Person) error { | |
return StringNotEmpty(p.Name) | |
}, func(p Person) error { | |
return IntInRange(p.Age, 0, 120) | |
}) | |
if err != nil { | |
println(err.Error()) | |
panic(err) | |
} | |
println("Person is valid") | |
} | |
type LoginForm struct { | |
Username string | |
Password string | |
} | |
func (f *LoginForm) Validate() error { | |
return Validate(f, | |
func(l *LoginForm) error { | |
return StringNotEmpty(l.Username) | |
}, | |
func(l *LoginForm) error { | |
return StringNotEmpty(l.Password) | |
}, | |
) | |
} | |
func ValidateUsage2() { | |
loginForm := LoginForm{ | |
Username: "John", | |
Password: "123", | |
} | |
err := loginForm.Validate() | |
if err != nil { | |
println(err.Error()) | |
panic(err) | |
} | |
println("Login form is valid") | |
} | |
// ## example of using generics with interfaces and pointers | |
type WalletData struct { | |
Address string | |
WalletInfo interface{} | |
} | |
func ValidateAddress[T any](wallet *WalletData) bool { | |
// Check if the wallet address is non-empty | |
if wallet.Address != "" { | |
// Check if the wallet info type matches the generic type T | |
if reflect.TypeOf(wallet.WalletInfo) == reflect.TypeOf((*T)(nil)).Elem() { | |
return true | |
} | |
} | |
return false | |
} | |
func ValidateAddressUsage() { | |
wallet := &WalletData{ | |
Address: "123 Main St.", | |
WalletInfo: "123", | |
} | |
// Check if the wallet address is non-empty | |
if ValidateAddress[string](wallet) { | |
println("Wallet address is valid") | |
} else { | |
println("Wallet address is invalid") | |
} | |
} | |
// ## example of using generic function to retrieve data from pointer struct and validate it | |
type User struct { | |
Username string | |
Password string | |
} | |
func (u *User) Validate() error { | |
return Validate(u, | |
func(u *User) error { | |
return StringNotEmpty(u.Username) | |
}, | |
func(u *User) error { | |
return StringNotEmpty(u.Password) | |
}, | |
) | |
} | |
func ValidateUser[T any](user *User) bool { | |
// Check if the user is non-empty | |
if user != nil { | |
// Check if the user type matches the generic type T | |
if reflect.TypeOf(user).Elem() == reflect.TypeOf((*T)(nil)).Elem() { | |
return true | |
} | |
} | |
return false | |
} | |
func ValidateUserUsage() { | |
// validates a user | |
user := &User{ | |
Username: "John", | |
Password: "123", | |
} | |
if ValidateUser[User](user) { | |
println("User is valid") | |
} else { | |
println("User is invalid") | |
} | |
// validates a nil user | |
var nilUser *User | |
if ValidateUser[User](nilUser) { | |
println("User is valid") | |
} else { | |
println("User is invalid") | |
} | |
} |
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