package restful import ( "bytes" "fmt" "io" "net/http" "net/http/httptest" "reflect" "testing" ) type keyvalue struct { readCalled bool writeCalled bool } func (kv *keyvalue) Read(req *Request, v interface{}) error { //t := reflect.TypeOf(v) //rv := reflect.ValueOf(v) kv.readCalled = true return nil } func (kv *keyvalue) Write(resp *Response, status int, v interface{}) error { t := reflect.TypeOf(v) rv := reflect.ValueOf(v) for ix := 0; ix < t.NumField(); ix++ { sf := t.Field(ix) io.WriteString(resp, sf.Name) io.WriteString(resp, "=") io.WriteString(resp, fmt.Sprintf("%v\n", rv.Field(ix).Interface())) } kv.writeCalled = true return nil } // go test -v -test.run TestKeyValueEncoding ...restful func TestKeyValueEncoding(t *testing.T) { type Book struct { Title string Author string PublishedYear int } kv := new(keyvalue) RegisterEntityAccessor("application/kv", kv) b := Book{"Singing for Dummies", "john doe", 2015} // Write httpWriter := httptest.NewRecorder() // Accept Produces resp := Response{httpWriter, "application/kv,*/*;q=0.8", []string{"application/kv"}, 0, 0, true, nil} resp.WriteEntity(b) t.Log(string(httpWriter.Body.Bytes())) if !kv.writeCalled { t.Error("Write never called") } // Read bodyReader := bytes.NewReader(httpWriter.Body.Bytes()) httpRequest, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/test", bodyReader) httpRequest.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/kv; charset=UTF-8") request := NewRequest(httpRequest) var bb Book request.ReadEntity(&bb) if !kv.readCalled { t.Error("Read never called") } }