Programming-Idioms

Edit summary for version 11 by programming-idioms.org:
[Go] +imports

↷

2019-10-07, 22:54:44

2019-12-17, 15:57:13

Idiom #103 Load XML file into struct

Read from file data.xml and write its content into object x.
Assume the XML data is suitable for the type of x.

Read from file data.xml and write its content into object x.
Assume the XML data is suitable for the type of x.

import "encoding/xml"

import "encoding/xml"
import "io/ioutil"

buffer, err := ioutil.ReadFile("data.xml")
if err != nil {
	return err
}
err = xml.Unmarshal(buffer, &x)
if err != nil {
	return err
}

buffer, err := ioutil.ReadFile("data.xml")
if err != nil {
	return err
}
err = xml.Unmarshal(buffer, &x)
if err != nil {
	return err
}

buffer is a []byte.
&x is the address of x.
You must check errors after each step.

buffer is a []byte.
&x is the address of x.
You must check errors after each step.

https://golang.org/pkg/encoding/xml/#Unmarshal

https://golang.org/pkg/encoding/xml/#Unmarshal

http://play.golang.org/p/Ee6nItesnR

http://play.golang.org/p/Ee6nItesnR

Next change ↷