Pass method argument to function

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Yes, it’s possible. You have 2 (3) options:

Spec: Method expressions

The expression Foo.A yields a function equivalent to A but with an explicit receiver as its first argument; it has signature func(f Foo).

var foo Foo
bar := func(m func(f Foo)) {
    m(foo)
}
bar(Foo.A)
bar(Foo.B)
bar(Foo.C)

Here the method receiver is explicit. You only pass the method name (with the type it belongs to) to bar(), and when calling it, you have to pass the actual receiver: m(f).

Output as expected (try it on the Go Playground):

A
B
C

Spec: Method values

If f is a value of type Foo, the expression f.A yields a function value of type func() with implicit receiver value f.

var f Foo
bar := func(m func()) {
    m()
}
bar(f.A)
bar(f.B)
bar(f.C)

Note that here the method receiver is implicit, it is saved with the function value passed to bar(), and so it is called without explicitly specifying it: m().

Output is the same (try it on the Go Playground).

(For completeness: reflection)

Inferior to previous solutions (both in performance and in “safeness”), but you could pass the name of the method as a string value, and then use the reflect package to call the method by that name. It could look like this:

var f Foo
bar := func(name string) {
    reflect.ValueOf(f).MethodByName(name).Call(nil)
}
bar("A")
bar("B")
bar("C")

Try this on the Go Playground.

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