How to call gorm alias properly? - go

Question

Here is my code:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/sqlite"
)
type ClientCustomer struct {
Id int `json:"Id"`
Name string
Created time.Time
key string
UserId int `gorm:"user_id"`
Modified time.Time
}
func (ClientCustomer) TableName() string {
return "Client_customer"
}
type ClientCustomerInvitation struct {
Id int
CustomerId int `gorm:"customer_id"`
CodeInvitationId int `gorm:"codeinvitation_id"`
}
func (ClientCustomerInvitation) TableName() string {
return "Client_customer_invitation"
}
func main() {
db, err := gorm.Open("sqlite3", "db.sqlite3?cache=shared&mode=rwc")
if err != nil {
panic("failed to connect database")
}
defer db.Close()
var clientCustomer ClientCustomer
rows, err := db.Model(&ClientCustomer{}).Rows()
defer rows.Close()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
var clientCustomerInvitation ClientCustomerInvitation
for rows.Next() {
db.ScanRows(rows, &clientCustomer)
db.First(&clientCustomerInvitation, "customer_id = ?", clientCustomer.Id)
fmt.Println(clientCustomer)
fmt.Println(clientCustomerInvitation)
}
}
but I'm not fond of this line:
db.First(&clientCustomerInvitation, "customer_id = ?", clientCustomer.Id)
Is there a way to call "customer_id" from the struct directly instead of using a string?
Ideally I would like to do something like:
db.First(&clientCustomerInvitation, ClientCustomerInvitation.CustomerId.gormAlias+" = ?", clientCustomer.Id)
I'm looking for a way to use the gorm alias for mapping the field in way that is more elegant and re usable than a mere string.

Answer 1

The only way to be able to get tag value from certain struct field, is by using reflect.
My suggestion, create a function that return tag value from specific struct field. Something like below:
func getGormAlias(obj interface{}, fieldName string) string {
if field, ok := reflect.TypeOf(obj).FieldByName(fieldName); ok {
return field.Tag.Get("gorm")
}
return ""
}
Then use it to get the tag value.
gormAliasCustomerId := getGormAlias(ClientCustomerInvitation{}, "CustomerId")
db.First(&clientCustomerInvitation, gormAliasCustomerId + " = ?", clientCustomer.Id)
Basically what getGormAlias() function does:
Use the reflect.Type on obj to get the reflect.Type value.
Then call .FieldByName() to get the reflect.Value object from selected field name.
The tag information is available through .Tag property. Use that to get the tag value of gorm.