Move dic.C into another file inside the output that survives between generations

[SeanLatimer]

It would be nice to be able to change dic.C inside the package without changes being clobbered when a new container is generated

[sarulabs]

Hello, if I understand want you are doing, you are modifying the generated file where the dic.C function is defined. What you should do instead is redefining the function in your own code, for example where the container is created.

dic.C = func(i interface{}) *Container {
 // find and return the container
}
ctn, err := dic.NewContainer()

[SeanLatimer]

This is what I am currently doing but two issues I have with it are A) it does not feel clean, and B) it's something that does not need to be able to be changed at runtime, so it's an unnecessarily modifiable piece of code

[sarulabs]

I don't think it's a good idea to keep some files in the output directory.

I guess what could be done instead would be to:

• have the method in its own file
• give the possibility to use your own template files

That means that you would have to write something like this.

var MyTemplate = `
<<< define "base" ->>>
	package <<< .PkgName >>>

	import (
		"net/http"
		"github.com/sarulabs/dingo/v4"
	)

	// C retrieves a Container from an interface.
	// The function panics if the Container can not be retrieved.
	//
	// The interface can be :
	// - a *Container
	// - an *http.Request containing a *Container in its context.Context
	//   for the dingo.ContainerKey("dingo") key.
	//
	// The function can be changed to match the needs of your application.
	var C = func(i interface{}) *Container {
		if c, ok := i.(*Container); ok {
			return c
		}
		r, ok := i.(*http.Request)
		if !ok {
			panic("could not get the container with dic.C()")
		}
		c, ok := r.Context().Value(dingo.ContainerKey("dingo")).(*Container)
		if !ok {
			panic("could not get the container from the given *http.Request in dic.C()")
		}
		return c
	}
<<< end >>>
`