如何在Golang回调中使用接口？

Question

I am trying to use a Faye client for Go but when I try to make an interface for the client it seems to fail due to to the type in the callback:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/autogrowsystems/wray"
)

type Message interface {
    Data() map[string]interface{}
}

type Promise interface {
    Successful() bool
}

type Subscriber interface {
    Subscribe(string, bool, func(Message)) (Promise, error)
}

func subscribeMe(subber Subscriber) {
    subber.Subscribe("/my/chan", false, func(msg Message) {
        fmt.Printf("got data: %+v", msg.Data())
    })
}

func main() {
    subscribeMe(wray.NewFayeClient("http://localhost/faye"))
    fmt.Println("all good!")
}

At that point it fails with the following error:

# command-line-arguments
main/fayetest.go:27: cannot use wray.NewFayeClient("http://localhost/faye") (type *wray.FayeClient) as type Subscriber in argument to subscribeMe:
    *wray.FayeClient does not implement Subscriber (wrong type for Subscribe method)
            have Subscribe(string, bool, func(wray.Message)) (wray.SubscriptionPromise, error)
            want Subscribe(string, bool, func(Message)) (Promise, error)

It seems as though it should work as the client does satisfy the interface:

// wray.go - wray.FayeClient
func (self *FayeClient) Subscribe(channel string, force bool, callback func(Message)) (promise SubscriptionPromise, err error) {
}

// response.go - wray.Message 
func (self Message) Data() map[string]interface{} {
}

// wray.go - wray.SubscriptionPromise
func (self SubscriptionPromise) Successful() bool {
}

It should work right? Or does the callback mess up the satisfaction of the interface?

Edit: as an aside, I am the author of that fork of the Faye Client, is there anything I can do to make it conducive to interfaces? Apart from ditching callbacks?

Answer 1

FayeClient.Subscribe implements:

Subscribe(string, bool, func(wray.Message)) (wray.SubscriptionPromise, error)

and your interface Subscriber requires the function:

Subscribe(string, bool, func(Message)) (Promise, error)

Notice the different parameters of the callback function (Message != wray.Message, Promise != wray.SubscriptionPromise), and that's why your code won't compile.

You don't need to declare the interfaces Message and Promise again, just use the ones from the library.