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Sri Kadimisetty
Sri Kadimisetty

Reputation: 1982

Can you explain Go Interfaces?

I dont get the whole types + Interfaces model(that replaces classes in other languages). If theres a simple way you could explain what they are about, it will be really appreciated.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 363

Answers (2)

Dustin
Dustin

Reputation: 91050

Go interfaces are statically checked duck typing.

The difference between pure virtual classes in C++ or interfaces in java is that you don't declare the interface on the class that implements the interface, but on the method that receives the interface.

For example, I can create an interface with a Read and a Write method and call it ThingsDustinReadsAndWrites and have a function called doReadsAndWrites(rr ThingsDustinReadsAndWrites. That can, in turn, receive a built-in http.ClientConn which has never heard of my interface, but implements it because it happens to have those methods.

Upvotes: 4

Chris Cherry
Chris Cherry

Reputation: 28574

This is a pretty good overview:

http://research.swtch.com/2009/12/go-data-structures-interfaces.html

Upvotes: 5

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