gistfile1.go

...


// Have your various container objects implement this method
// and move the type specific code to it.
type GameObject interface {
     AfterLoad() err
     Id() string // It may be possible to replace AfterLoad() with Id - I didn't really look to see what the different blocks were doing.
}

// Now you can have a single function to load all kinds of game object - I think the map will work declared this way
func RegisterGameObjects(dirloc string, gameobject *GameObject, container map[string]interface{}) {
	names := getDirNames(dirloc)

	for _, element := range names {
		if isDir, _ := IsDirectory(dirloc + "/" + element); isDir {
			if isLink, _ := IsSymlink(dirloc + "/" + element); isLink {
				fmt.Println("Ignoring link: " + dirloc + "/" + element)
				return
			} else {
				RegisterGameObjects(dirloc + "/" + element, gameobject)
			}
		} else {
			input, err2 := ioutil.ReadFile(dirloc + "/" + element)
			if err2 != nil {
				fmt.Println("Could not read " + element)
			} else {
				json.Unmarshal(input, gameobject)
				err := gameobjectcontainer.AfterLoad()
				if err != nil {
				  // Handle/report the error
			  	}else { 
			  	    container[gameobject.Id()] = gameobject // See my comment on the type declaration
			  	}
			}
		}
	}
}

// And load becomes:
func (p AdventureBot) Load() {

	fmt.Println("Registering Requirements")
	RegisterGameObjects("../src/github.com/cptspacetoaster/adventurebot/requirements", &Requirement{}, Requirments)

	fmt.Println("Registering Actions")
	RegisterGameObjects("../src/github.com/cptspacetoaster/adventurebot/actions", &Action{}, Actions)

  	//... and so on.	
	
}