golang: Unmarshall json to struct

main.go

// play.golang.org/p/-fTKnXVctQ0

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
)

type Employee struct {
	FirstName string `json:"first_name"`
	LastName  string `json:"last_name"`
}

/* Unmarshall json to struct */
func main() {
	employeeJsonStr := `{
		"first_name":"John",
		"last_name":"Smith"		
	}`

	employee := unmarshall(employeeJsonStr)

	fmt.Println(employee.FirstName) // John
	fmt.Println(employee.LastName)  // Smith
}

func unmarshall(employeeJsonStr string) Employee {
	employee := &Employee{}

	json.Unmarshal([]byte(employeeJsonStr), employee)

	return *employee
}