try doing magic with generics

utils/structOperations.go

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+package utils
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func PrintStructContents(s interface{}, indentLevel int) string {
+	var result strings.Builder
+
+	val := reflect.ValueOf(s)
+
+	if val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		val = val.Elem()
+	}
+
+	typ := val.Type()
+
+	for i := 0; i < val.NumField(); i++ {
+		field := val.Field(i)
+		fieldType := typ.Field(i)
+
+		indent := strings.Repeat("\t", indentLevel)
+		result.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s: ", indent, fieldType.Name))
+
+		switch field.Kind() {
+		case reflect.Struct:
+			result.WriteString("\n")
+			result.WriteString(PrintStructContents(field.Interface(), indentLevel+1))
+		default:
+			result.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%v\n", field.Interface()))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result.String()
+}
+
+type Identifiable interface {
+	GetId() int
+}
+
+// AppendIfNotExists requires a struct to implement the GetId() function
+// Then we can use this function to avoid creating duplicate entries in the slice
+func AppendIfNotExists[T Identifiable](slice []T, element T) []T {
+	for _, existingElement := range slice {
+		if existingElement.GetId() == element.GetId() {
+			// Element with the same Id already exists, don't append
+			return slice
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Element with the same Id does not exist, append the new element
+	return append(slice, element)
+}