I am studying web development in Golang (Beginner) I came across some code I played around with and I'm not too sure why it works, I looked through the library source code and docs but I only have a vague idea it still isn't clicking. Note the code below:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
)
type foo int
func (m foo) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
fmt.Fprintln(w, "Some text")
}
func main() {
var bar foo
http.ListenAndServe(":8080", bar)
}
From what I understand adding ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) as a function method, invokes the handler interface (if I'm saying that correctly) and now foo is of type handler as well. I also understand that http.ListenAndServe takes an input of type handler so that is where my variable bar comes into play. When I run the code and go to localhost:8080 on my browser I get "Some Text" appearing.
EDIT: Implements the interface is the proper term NOT invoke.
Question:
How does this exactly work? How is that ServeHTTP function being accessed?
I tried looking at the source code of the libraries but couldn't pinpoint exactly how ServeHTTP worked. I found these two pieces of code (not sure if this is applicable) that sort of gave me the idea it was implementing a function but need clarification:
// The HandlerFunc type is an adapter to allow the use of
// ordinary functions as HTTP handlers. If f is a function
// with the appropriate signature, HandlerFunc(f) is a
// Handler that calls f.
type HandlerFunc func(ResponseWriter, *Request)
// ServeHTTP calls f(w, r).
func (f HandlerFunc) ServeHTTP(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
f(w, r)
}
I have never seen a type declaration as the one above with HandlerFunc that has a function after the name of the type. I have also seen how methods are declared but not sure what is happening in the code above.
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