Golang method with pointer receiver [duplicate]

Your pointer to the struct should implement the Interface. In that way you can modify its fields.

Look at how I modified your code, to make it working as you expect:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
)

type IFace interface {
    SetSomeField(newValue string)
    GetSomeField() string
}

type Implementation struct {
    someField string
}    

func (i *Implementation) GetSomeField() string {
    return i.someField
}

func (i *Implementation) SetSomeField(newValue string) {
    i.someField = newValue
}

func Create() *Implementation {
    return &Implementation{someField: "Hello"}
}

func main() {
    var a IFace
    a = Create()
    a.SetSomeField("World")
    fmt.Println(a.GetSomeField())
}

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