On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 10:12 AM Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I can get a reflect.Type for a variable with the following: myType :=
> reflect.TypeOf(myVariable)
>
> How can I get a reflect.Type for a type I have defined?
> For example: type MyThing struct { …bunch of fields… }
> I need to get a reflect.Type that describes the MyThing type.
>
> The best I can find is this: myThingType :=
> reflect.TypeOf(new(MyThing)).Elem()
myThingType:=reflect.TypeOf(MyThing{})
>
> I seems odd that I have to create one with new, getting a pointer to it, and
> then ask for the type of the thing in points to (with Elem) in order to get
> what I need.
>
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> R. Mark Volkmann
> Object Computing, Inc.
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