Embedding Structs in Go

Pavel Belokon - Sep 5 - - Dev Community

Since Go lacks traditional inheritance and objects, it still adheres closely to object-oriented principles. Instead of using objects, we use structs, and instead of inheritance, we use embedding.

Example:

type Milk struct {
    MilkType  // Type of milk
}

type Cheese struct {
    Milk
    Time time.Time
}

cheese := Cheese{Time: "10 years"}
cheese.MilkType // Accesses the type of milk
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In this example, you can see how we can access the Milk struct from Cheese. This approach is simple to write and easy to understand.

So far I really enjoy Go 😀

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