I am trying to figure out what method is called when I show a variable in an "html/template" template in Go via {{ .SomeVariable }}.
I am using the package "html/template".
I am using this function to render a template:
func renderTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, tmpl string, p *Page) {
t, _ := template.ParseFiles("public/" + tmpl + ".html")
t.Execute(w, p)
}
with
type Page struct {
Title string
Users []*model.User
}
and an example template
<html>
<head>
<title>Listing Users</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Listing users</h1>
{{range .Params}}
<h3>
id {{.Id }}
email {{.Email}}
name {{.Name}}
</h3>
{{end}}
</body>
</html>
We store Id in a certain way and have a .String() method defined for displaying it.
When we use the package "text/template" the Id attribute displays correctly but when we use "html/template" it does not. My guess is that the former is calling .String() when displaying a variable and latter is not. I haven't been able to glean from the documentation what method is being called.
This is the first SO question I've ever written for Go. Hopefully made it clear but feel free to ask for additional info as I am a complete Go noob.
Thanks.
