Is it possible to fetch a field tag using a function that receives only the struct and the field itself ?
I know that I can do a thing like this:
reflect.TypeOf(x).FieldByName("FieldNameAsString").Tag
But I don't want to use the field's name as string in this case because it could be renamed in the future, so it is better to use the field itself instead.
type MyStruct struct {
MyField string `thetag:"hello"`
}
func main() {
x := MyStruct{}
getTag(x, x.MyField)
}
Use offsets to find the field:
// getTag returns the tag for a field given a pointer to
// a struct and a pointer to the field in that struct.
func getTag(pv interface{}, pf interface{}) reflect.StructTag {
v := reflect.ValueOf(pv)
offset := reflect.ValueOf(pf).Pointer() - v.Pointer()
t := v.Type().Elem()
for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
f := t.Field(i)
if f.Offset == offset {
return f.Tag
}
}
return ""
}
The code above assumes that the garbage collector does not move the struct between the to calls to Pointer. This assumption is true today, but may not true in the future. Use the unsafe package to make the code safe against future changes to the garbage collector:
// getTag returns the tag for a field with the given offset
// in the struct pointed to by pv.
func getTag(pv interface{}, offset uintptr) reflect.StructTag {
t := reflect.TypeOf(pv).Elem()
for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
f := t.Field(i)
if f.Offset == offset {
return f.Tag
}
}
return ""
}
Call it like this:
x := MyStruct{}
fmt.Println(getTag(&x, unsafe.Offsetof(x.MyField)))