Is it possible to use less `struct`s in this golang code?



Given the following XML which is out of my control:



<Stuff>
<SomeData>
<SomeDataStuff>
<AccountDetails>
<Person xsi:nil="true" />
<Person xsi:nil="true" />
</AccountDetails>
<CandidateDetails>
<Candidate xsi:nil="true" />
<Candidate xsi:nil="true" />
</CandidateDetails>
</SomeDataStuff>
</SomeData>
</Stuff>


I am able to unmarshal using the following, can it be simplified somewhat?



type Stuff struct {
XMLName xml.Name
SomeData SomeData
}

type SomeData struct {
XMLName xml.Name
SomeDataStuff SomeDataStuff
}

type SomeDataStuff struct {
AccountDetails AccountDetails `xml:"AccountDetails"`
CandidateDetails CandidateDetails `xml:"CandidateDetails"`
}

type AccountDetails struct {
Person []Person
}

type CandidateDetails struct {
Candidate []Candidate
}

type Person struct {
...
}

type Candidate struct {
...
}


Im not worried about marshalling, just unmarshalling. Really all I need is an array of Person and Candidate, not a whole sequence of nested pointless struct's


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