am working in Golang, am trying to use interfaces to agroup a set of structs that are using a similar method. Briefly I have this:
type Person interface {
BasicInfo() MemberBasicInfo
}
type MemberBasicInfo struct {
ID uint
MemberFirstName string
MemberNickname string
MemberEmail string
}
Then, the structs that should work as interfaces:
func (member *Member) BasicInfo() MemberBasicInfo{
return MemberBasicInfo{
ID: member.ID,
...other mapping here...
}
}
func (user *User) BasicInfo() MemberBasicInfo{
return MemberBasicInfo{
ID: uint(user.ID),
...other mapping here...
}
}
cannot use memberData (type Member) as type Member.Person in return argument: Member does not implement Person (BasicInfo method has pointer receiver)
cannot use memberData (type User) as type Person in return argument: User does not implement Person (BasicInfo method has pointer receiver)
What am I missing? or what am I doing wrong?