Golang encoding/xml.Encoder.Encoder() function example

package encoding/xml

Encode writes the XML encoding of v to the stream.

See the documentation for Marshal for details about the conversion of Go values to XML.

Encode calls Flush before returning.

Golang encoding/xml.Encoder.Encoder() function usage example

  package main

  import (
 "encoding/xml"
 "fmt"
 "os"
  )

  type Address struct {
 City, State string
  }
  type Person struct {
 XMLName xml.Name `xml:"person"`
 Id int `xml:"id,attr"`
 FirstName string `xml:"name>first"`
 LastName  string `xml:"name>last"`
 Age int `xml:"age"`
 Height float32  `xml:"height,omitempty"`
 Married bool
 Address
 Comment string `xml:",comment"`
  }

  func main() {
 v := &Person{Id: 13, FirstName: "John", LastName: "Doe", Age: 42}
 v.Comment = " Need more details. "
 v.Address = Address{"Hanga Roa", "Easter Island"}

 encoder := xml.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)

 if err := encoder.Encode(v); err != nil { // <-- here
 fmt.Println(err)
 }

  }

Reference :

http://golang.org/pkg/encoding/xml/#Encoder.Encode