How to determine the method set of an interface in Golang?

Question

How would one print the method set of the following interface?

type Searcher interface {
    Search(query string) (found bool, err error)
    ListSearches() []st         


        

Answer 1

Using reflection:

t := reflect.TypeOf(new(Searcher)).Elem()
fmt.Println(t)

for i := 0; i < t.NumMethod(); i++ {
    fmt.Println(t.Method(i).Name)
}

Prints:

main.Searcher
ClearSearches
ListSearches
Search

Answer 2

reflect package is the right tool for this.Using reflection one can get the type information of a variable without knowing the type before hand . Here is a code snippet showing how to get the function names of functions defined as needed by an interface

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "reflect"
)

type Searcher interface {
    Search(query string) (found bool, err error)
    ListSearches() []string
    ClearSearches() (err error)
}

func main() {
    t := reflect.TypeOf(struct{ Searcher }{})
    for i := 0; i < t.NumMethod(); i++ {
        fmt.Println(t.Method(i).Name)
    }
}

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