Given a struct like so:
type B struct {
X string
Y string
}
type D struct {
B
Z string
}
I want to reflect on D and get to the fields X, Y, Z.
Intuitively, before attempting the solution, I was assuming I would be able to traverse the struct D and get all fields using reflection (X, Y, Z) and won't have to deal with B.
But as you can see, I only see the embedded struct B using reflection and not its fields.
http://play.golang.org/p/qZQD5GdTA8
Is there a way I can make B fully transparent when reflecting on D?
Why do I want this?
Imaging a common struct (B in the example here), that is used in multiple other structs by using embedding. Using reflection, the attempt is to copy D into another similar struct in a different package. The destination struct for copying will have all attributes flatly laid out (no embedding there). So there is a mismatch from the source to the destination (embedding vs no embedding) but all the attributes flatly laid out are the same. I don't want to create custom solutions for each struct.