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=Overview=
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An interface is a type declaration that defines a ''method set''. A method set is a list of methods a type must have in order to ''implement'' the interface. Interface type instances can be used as arguments to functions.
An interface is a type declaration that defines a ''method set''. A method set is a list of methods a type must have in order to ''implement'' the interface. Interface type instances can be used as arguments to functions, an interface instance can be passed as argument to a function after declaring it as such in the function signature.


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Revision as of 17:15, 30 March 2016

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Overview

An interface is a type declaration that defines a method set. A method set is a list of methods a type must have in order to implement the interface. Interface type instances can be used as arguments to functions, an interface instance can be passed as argument to a function after declaring it as such in the function signature.

  • Interfaces are not types?
  • Can only structs be interfaces, or there are other things that can be interfaces?
  • Link from here to duck typing.

Declaration

The interface declaration is introduced by the type keyword, to indicated that this is a user-defined type, followed by the interface name and the keyword interface. Unlike in the struct's case, we don't define fields but a method set.

type MyInterface interface {
     functionName1() return_type
     functionName2() return_type
     ...
}

Initialization