How to check if an object has a particular method?

A simple option is to declare an interface with just the method you want to check for and then do a type assert against your type like;

 i, ok := myInstance.(InterfaceImplementingThatOneMethodIcareAbout)
 // inline iface declaration example
 i, ok = myInstance.(interface{F()})

You likely want to use the reflect package if you plan to do anything too crazy with your type; http://golang.org/pkg/reflect

st := reflect.TypeOf(myInstance)
m, ok := st.MethodByName("F")
if !ok {
    // method doesn't exist
} else {
    // do something like invoke m.F
}