In Go, a static method is referred to as a "function" that is defined within a class. Here's an example of how to define a static method in Go:
package main
import "fmt"
type MyClass struct {
value int
}
func (mc *MyClass) myMethod() {
fmt.Println(mc.value)
}
func myStaticMethod() {
fmt.Println("This is a static method")
}
func main() {
mc := &MyClass{value: 42}
mc.myMethod() // calling the non-static method on the instance of MyClass
myStaticMethod() // calling the static method directly from the package
}
In this example, we have defined a class called MyClass which has a single instance method called myMethod() that prints a value to the console. Additionally, we have defined a separate function called myStaticMethod() that is not attached to any specific instance of MyClass.
To call a non-static method in Go, we first need to create an instance of the class and then call the method on that instance. In the main() function, we create an instance of MyClass and call the myMethod() method on it.
To call a static method in Go, we simply call it directly from the package. In this example, we call myStaticMethod() directly from the main() function.