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Struct conversion basics

How to flatten and unflatten structs

How to map field to a constant

See map [SOURCE-PATH] TARGET | METHOD (DefaultAge)

How to ignore errors for missed fields

See ignoreMissing

How to convert to protobuf generated structs

Here is an example with protobuf generated code:

Example (click me)
go
package protobuf

import "goverter/example/pb"

// goverter:converter
type Converter interface {
	FromProtobuf(*pb.Event) *OutputEvent

	// goverter:ignore state sizeCache unknownFields
	ToProtobuf(*OutputEvent) *pb.Event
}

type OutputEvent struct {
	Content  string
	Priority int32
}
proto
syntax = "proto3";
package event;
option go_package  = "/pb";

message Event {
  string content = 1;
  int32 priority = 2;
}
go
// Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
// versions:
// 	protoc-gen-go v1.31.0
// 	protoc        v4.24.2
// source: event.proto

package pb

import (
	protoreflect "google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
	protoimpl "google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoimpl"
	reflect "reflect"
	sync "sync"
)

const (
	// Verify that this generated code is sufficiently up-to-date.
	_ = protoimpl.EnforceVersion(20 - protoimpl.MinVersion)
	// Verify that runtime/protoimpl is sufficiently up-to-date.
	_ = protoimpl.EnforceVersion(protoimpl.MaxVersion - 20)
)

type Event struct {
	state         protoimpl.MessageState
	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields

	Content  string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=content,proto3" json:"content,omitempty"`
	Priority int32  `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=priority,proto3" json:"priority,omitempty"`
}

func (x *Event) Reset() {
	*x = Event{}
	if protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled {
		mi := &file_event_proto_msgTypes[0]
		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
		ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
	}
}

func (x *Event) String() string {
	return protoimpl.X.MessageStringOf(x)
}

func (*Event) ProtoMessage() {}

func (x *Event) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
	mi := &file_event_proto_msgTypes[0]
	if protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled && x != nil {
		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
			ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
		}
		return ms
	}
	return mi.MessageOf(x)
}

// Deprecated: Use Event.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
func (*Event) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
	return file_event_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{0}
}

func (x *Event) GetContent() string {
	if x != nil {
		return x.Content
	}
	return ""
}

func (x *Event) GetPriority() int32 {
	if x != nil {
		return x.Priority
	}
	return 0
}

var File_event_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor

var file_event_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
	0x0a, 0x0b, 0x65, 0x76, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x2e, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x12, 0x05, 0x65,
	0x76, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x22, 0x3d, 0x0a, 0x05, 0x45, 0x76, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x12, 0x18, 0x0a,
	0x07, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x18, 0x01, 0x20, 0x01, 0x28, 0x09, 0x52, 0x07,
	0x63, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x12, 0x1a, 0x0a, 0x08, 0x70, 0x72, 0x69, 0x6f, 0x72,
	0x69, 0x74, 0x79, 0x18, 0x02, 0x20, 0x01, 0x28, 0x05, 0x52, 0x08, 0x70, 0x72, 0x69, 0x6f, 0x72,
	0x69, 0x74, 0x79, 0x42, 0x05, 0x5a, 0x03, 0x2f, 0x70, 0x62, 0x62, 0x06, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74,
	0x6f, 0x33,
}

var (
	file_event_proto_rawDescOnce sync.Once
	file_event_proto_rawDescData = file_event_proto_rawDesc
)

func file_event_proto_rawDescGZIP() []byte {
	file_event_proto_rawDescOnce.Do(func() {
		file_event_proto_rawDescData = protoimpl.X.CompressGZIP(file_event_proto_rawDescData)
	})
	return file_event_proto_rawDescData
}

var file_event_proto_msgTypes = make([]protoimpl.MessageInfo, 1)
var file_event_proto_goTypes = []interface{}{
	(*Event)(nil), // 0: event.Event
}
var file_event_proto_depIdxs = []int32{
	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for method output_type
	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for method input_type
	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for extension type_name
	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for extension extendee
	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for field type_name
}

func init() { file_event_proto_init() }
func file_event_proto_init() {
	if File_event_proto != nil {
		return
	}
	if !protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled {
		file_event_proto_msgTypes[0].Exporter = func(v interface{}, i int) interface{} {
			switch v := v.(*Event); i {
			case 0:
				return &v.state
			case 1:
				return &v.sizeCache
			case 2:
				return &v.unknownFields
			default:
				return nil
			}
		}
	}
	type x struct{}
	out := protoimpl.TypeBuilder{
		File: protoimpl.DescBuilder{
			GoPackagePath: reflect.TypeOf(x{}).PkgPath(),
			RawDescriptor: file_event_proto_rawDesc,
			NumEnums:      0,
			NumMessages:   1,
			NumExtensions: 0,
			NumServices:   0,
		},
		GoTypes:           file_event_proto_goTypes,
		DependencyIndexes: file_event_proto_depIdxs,
		MessageInfos:      file_event_proto_msgTypes,
	}.Build()
	File_event_proto = out.File
	file_event_proto_rawDesc = nil
	file_event_proto_goTypes = nil
	file_event_proto_depIdxs = nil
}
go
// Code generated by github.com/jmattheis/goverter, DO NOT EDIT.
//go:build !goverter

package generated

import (
	example "goverter/example"
	pb "goverter/example/pb"
)

type ConverterImpl struct{}

func (c *ConverterImpl) FromProtobuf(source *pb.Event) *example.OutputEvent {
	var pProtobufOutputEvent *example.OutputEvent
	if source != nil {
		var protobufOutputEvent example.OutputEvent
		protobufOutputEvent.Content = (*source).Content
		protobufOutputEvent.Priority = (*source).Priority
		pProtobufOutputEvent = &protobufOutputEvent
	}
	return pProtobufOutputEvent
}
func (c *ConverterImpl) ToProtobuf(source *example.OutputEvent) *pb.Event {
	var pPbEvent *pb.Event
	if source != nil {
		var pbEvent pb.Event
		pbEvent.Content = (*source).Content
		pbEvent.Priority = (*source).Priority
		pPbEvent = &pbEvent
	}
	return pPbEvent
}

How to map differently named fields

See map

How to skip conversion of a field

See ignore

How to handle unexported fields

See Guide: How to handle unexported fields

How to convert nested structs

See Guide: Configure Nested

How to convert embedded structs

See Guide: Structs Embedded