Passing Type Variables to Functions for Type Assertions

You want to perform type assertions by passing a type into a function. Essentially, you aim to achieve the following:

// Note that this is pseudocode, because Type isn't valid here
func myfunction(mystring string, mytype Type) {
    ...

    someInterface := translate(mystring)
    object, ok := someInterface.(mytype)

    ...  // Do other stuff
}

func main() {
    // Desired function call
    myfunction("hello world", map[string]string)
}

To successfully perform type assertions in myfunction, use the following function declaration:

package main

import "reflect"

func myfunction(v interface{}, mytype interface{}) bool {
    return reflect.TypeOf(v) == reflect.TypeOf(mytype)
}

func main() {
    assertNoMatch := myfunction("hello world", map[string]string{})
    fmt.Printf("% v\n", assertNoMatch) // false

    assertMatch := myfunction("hello world", "stringSample")
    fmt.Printf("% v\n", assertMatch) // true
}

This approach involves using a sample of the type you want to match, ensuring that the types are identical for successful type assertion.