An article to explore the method characteristics of golang

With the development of cloud computing and big data, more and more developers are beginning to use the Golang language for development. Golang is an open source language that has the advantages of fast running speed, small memory usage, and strong concurrency capabilities. Here, this article will introduce the method characteristics in Golang.

The method in Golang is a special function, the receiver function. The receiver function can be understood as a function based on a structure or interface type. The biggest difference between the receiver function and ordinary functions is that the receiver function has a receiver parameter as the context for calling the method. The receiver parameter can be a value type or a pointer type.

Using the receiver function can decouple behavior from data structures, making the code clearer and easier to expand. In Golang, the receiver function is defined as follows:

func (r receiverType) functionName(parameters) {
    // function body
}

Among them, receiverType represents the type to which the receiver function belongs (can be any type, including structures and interfaces, etc.), functionName represents the function name, and parameters represents the function's parameter.

There are two types of receiver parameters:

1. Value type (such as int, string, etc.)
2. Pointer type (such as: int, string, etc.)

For the receiver function of value type, the value will be copied when called, that is, a copy of the data will be copied each time. For the receiver function of pointer type, the same data will be shared when called.

The following uses examples to introduce the characteristics of the receiver function.

package main

import "fmt"

type Person struct {
    Name string
    Age  int
}

func (p Person) SayHello() {
    fmt.Printf("Hello, my name is %s\n", p.Name)
}

func (p *Person) IncreaseAge() {
    p.Age++
}

func main() {
    person := Person{
        Name: "Jack",
        Age:  20,
    }

    person.SayHello() // Hello, my name is Jack

    person.IncreaseAge()
    fmt.Printf("The age of %s is %d\n", person.Name, person.Age) // The age of Jack is 21
}

In the above code, we define a Person type, which contains two fields: Name and Age. Then we defined two receiver functions, corresponding to the SayHello and IncreaseAge methods. Among them, SayHello is a receiver function of value type, and IncreaseAge is a receiver function of pointer type.

In the main function, we create a person object and call its SayHello function. Since SayHello is a value type receiver function, a copy of the person object will be made when it is called. We output the Name field of the object in the SayHello function.

Next, we called person’s IncreaseAge function. Since IncreaseAge is a pointer type receiver function, the same person object is used when it is called. We add 1 to the Age field of the object in the IncreaseAge function, and output the Name and Age fields of the object in the main function.

Through the above examples, we can see the characteristics of the receiver function in Golang:

1. It can decouple methods from data structures.
2. Multiple methods can be defined in the same type.
3. Copying or referencing data can be achieved through the receiver function of value type and pointer type.
4. The data can be modified through the receiver function.
5. The same receiver function can be shared between different types.

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