I have a function that takes a json decoder and an interface as its arguements, and i am decoding to a struct that is passed on the interface. Like so:
func DecodeJSON(decoder *json.Decoder, i interface{}) bool {
if c, ok := i.(User); ok {
err := decoder.Decode(c)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return false //err is not nil
}
}
return false
}
Usage of the function:
// Register test
func HandleRequest(w rest.ResponseWriter, r *rest.Request) {
decoder := json.NewDecoder(r.Body)
user := User{}
if DecodeJSON(decoder, user) {
fmt.Println("success")
}
Error i am getting:
json: Unmarshal(non-pointer main.User)
Bit confused by this message since my DecodeJSON is not taking a pointer for user
. So am not sure what i have done wrong with my code. Hope some one can explain so i can understand my mistake.