type ReadWriter interface {
  Read(b []byte) (n int, err error)
  Write(b []byte) (n int, err error)
}

// EntityStorage defines the interface of entity storage backends
type EntityStorage interface {
 List(typeName string) ([]common.EntityID, error)
 Write(typeName string, entityID common.EntityID, data interface{}) error
 Read(typeName string, entityID common.EntityID) (interface{}, error)
 Exists(typeName string, entityID common.EntityID) (bool, error)
 Close()
 IsEOF(err error) bool
}

// OpenRedis opens redis as entity storage
func OpenRedis(url string, dbindex int) *redisEntityStorage {
 c, err := redis.DialURL(url)
 if err != nil {
 return nil
 }

 if dbindex >= 0 {
 if _, err := c.Do("SELECT", dbindex); err != nil {
  return nil
 }
 }

 es := &redisEntityStorage{
 c: c,
 }

 return es
}

var storageEngine StorageEngine // 这是一个全局变量
storageEngine = OpenRedis(cfg.Url, dbindex)
if storageEngine != nil {
  // 连接成功
  ...
} else {
  // 连接失败
  ...
}

// InterfaceStructure 定义了一个interface{}的内部结构
type InterfaceStructure struct {
 pt uintptr // 到值类型的指针
 pv uintptr // 到值内容的指针
}

// asInterfaceStructure 将一个interface{}转换为InterfaceStructure
func asInterfaceStructure (i interface{}) InterfaceStructure {
 return *(*InterfaceStructure)(unsafe.Pointer(&i))
}

func TestInterfaceStructure(t *testing.T) {
 var i1, i2 interface{}
 var v1 int = 0x0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 var v2 int = 0x0BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
 i1 = v1
 i2 = v2
 fmt.Printf("sizeof interface{} = %d\n", unsafe.Sizeof(i1))
 fmt.Printf("i1 %x %+v\n", i1, asInterfaceStructure(i1))
 fmt.Printf("i2 %x %+v\n", i2, asInterfaceStructure(i2))
 var nilInterface interface{}
 fmt.Printf("nil interface = %+v\n", asInterfaceStructure(nilInterface))
}

sizeof interface{} = 16
i1 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa {pt:5328736 pv:825741282816}
i2 bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb {pt:5328736 pv:825741282824}
nil interface = {pt:0 pv:0}

func TestAssignInterfaceNil(t *testing.T) {
 var p *int = nil
 var i interface{} = p
 fmt.Printf("%v %+v is nil %v\n", i, asInterfaceStructure(i), i == nil)
}

<nil> {pt:5300576 pv:0} is nil false

var storageEngine StorageEngine // 这是一个全局变量
redis := OpenRedis(cfg.Url, dbindex)
if redis != nil {
  // 连接成功
  storageEngine = redis // 确定redis不是nil之后再赋值给interface变量
} else {
  // 连接失败
  ...
}

// OpenRedis opens redis as entity storage
func OpenRedis(url string, dbindex int) EntityStorage {
 c, err := redis.DialURL(url)
 if err != nil {
 return nil
 }

 if dbindex >= 0 {
 if _, err := c.Do("SELECT", dbindex); err != nil {
  return nil
 }
 }

 es := &redisEntityStorage{
 c: c,
 }

 return es
}