Add an example for IgnoreFields (#205)

Add an example for IgnoreFields. This resuses the test data from the example
in the cmp package to provide consistency between examples.

Author: colinnewell

cmp/cmpopts/example_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+// Copyright 2020, The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package cmpopts_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/internal/flags"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	flags.Deterministic = true
+}
+
+// Use IgnoreFields to ignore fields on a struct type when comparing
+// by providing a value of the type and the field names to ignore.
+// Typically, a zero value of the type is used (e.g., foo.MyStruct{}).
+func ExampleIgnoreFields_testing() {
+	// Let got be the hypothetical value obtained from some logic under test
+	// and want be the expected golden data.
+	got, want := MakeGatewayInfo()
+
+	// While the specified fields will be semantically ignored for the comparison,
+	// the fields may be printed in the diff when displaying entire values
+	// that are already determined to be different.
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(Client{}, "IPAddress")); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("MakeGatewayInfo() mismatch (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
+	}
+
+	// Output:
+	// MakeGatewayInfo() mismatch (-want +got):
+	//   cmpopts_test.Gateway{
+	//   	SSID:      "CoffeeShopWiFi",
+	// - 	IPAddress: s"192.168.0.2",
+	// + 	IPAddress: s"192.168.0.1",
+	//   	NetMask:   {0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00},
+	//   	Clients: []cmpopts_test.Client{
+	//   		... // 3 identical elements
+	//   		{Hostname: "espresso", ...},
+	//   		{Hostname: "latte", LastSeen: s"2009-11-10 23:00:23 +0000 UTC", ...},
+	// + 		{
+	// + 			Hostname:  "americano",
+	// + 			IPAddress: s"192.168.0.188",
+	// + 			LastSeen:  s"2009-11-10 23:03:05 +0000 UTC",
+	// + 		},
+	//   	},
+	//   }
+}
+
+type (
+	Gateway struct {
+		SSID      string
+		IPAddress net.IP
+		NetMask   net.IPMask
+		Clients   []Client
+	}
+	Client struct {
+		Hostname  string
+		IPAddress net.IP
+		LastSeen  time.Time
+	}
+)
+
+func MakeGatewayInfo() (x, y Gateway) {
+	x = Gateway{
+		SSID:      "CoffeeShopWiFi",
+		IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 1),
+		NetMask:   net.IPv4Mask(255, 255, 0, 0),
+		Clients: []Client{{
+			Hostname:  "ristretto",
+			IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 116),
+		}, {
+			Hostname:  "aribica",
+			IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 104),
+			LastSeen:  time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 6, 32, 0, time.UTC),
+		}, {
+			Hostname:  "macchiato",
+			IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 153),
+			LastSeen:  time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 39, 43, 0, time.UTC),
+		}, {
+			Hostname:  "espresso",
+			IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 121),
+		}, {
+			Hostname:  "latte",
+			IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 219),
+			LastSeen:  time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 23, 0, time.UTC),
+		}, {
+			Hostname:  "americano",
+			IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 188),
+			LastSeen:  time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 3, 5, 0, time.UTC),
+		}},
+	}
+	y = Gateway{
+		SSID:      "CoffeeShopWiFi",
+		IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 2),
+		NetMask:   net.IPv4Mask(255, 255, 0, 0),
+		Clients: []Client{{
+			Hostname:  "ristretto",
+			IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 116),
+		}, {
+			Hostname:  "aribica",
+			IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 104),
+			LastSeen:  time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 6, 32, 0, time.UTC),
+		}, {
+			Hostname:  "macchiato",
+			IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 153),
+			LastSeen:  time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 39, 43, 0, time.UTC),
+		}, {
+			Hostname:  "espresso",
+			IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 121),
+		}, {
+			Hostname:  "latte",
+			IPAddress: net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 221),
+			LastSeen:  time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 23, 0, time.UTC),
+		}},
+	}
+	return x, y
+}
+
+var t fakeT
+
+type fakeT struct{}
+
+func (t fakeT) Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) { fmt.Printf(format+"\n", args...) }