Method FieldByName

reflectx/reflect.go:132–142

FieldByName returns a field by its mapped name as a reflect.Value. Panics if v's Kind is not Struct or v is not Indirectable to a struct Kind. Returns zero Value if the name is not found.

(v reflect.Value, name string)

// Panics if v's Kind is not Struct or v is not Indirectable to a struct Kind.
// Returns zero Value if the name is not found.
func (m *Mapper) FieldByName(v reflect.Value, name string) reflect.Value {
	v = reflect.Indirect(v)
	mustBe(v, reflect.Struct)

	tm := m.TypeMap(v.Type())
	fi, ok := tm.Names[name]
	if !ok {
		return v
	}
	return FieldByIndexes(v, fi.Index)
}

// FieldsByName returns a slice of values corresponding to the slice of names
// for the value.  Panics if v's Kind is not Struct or v is not Indirectable