GOBing Down Secure Websockets

Golang's gob package allows you to do something interesting when designing message protocols. 

Consider these structures:

Now I can construct a message and assign whichever message body is required. 



The gob package handles the passing of the populated and mismatched fields during the encode / decode.

Below is a noddy example of passing such message structures through a secure websocket. The code not only shows the gob package in action but also highlights how trivial golang makes the coding of a secure websocket for both the client and server.

Server:

Client: