How to serialize/unserialize type struct in GO

How to serialize/unserialize type struct in GO

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/gob"
	"fmt"
	"log"
)

type Data struct {
	id   int
	name string
}

func (d *Data) GobEncode() ([]byte, error) {
	w := new(bytes.Buffer)
	encoder := gob.NewEncoder(w)
	err := encoder.Encode(d.id)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	err = encoder.Encode(d.name)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return w.Bytes(), nil
}

func (d *Data) GobDecode(buf []byte) error {
	r := bytes.NewBuffer(buf)
	decoder := gob.NewDecoder(r)
	err := decoder.Decode(&d.id)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return decoder.Decode(&d.name)
}

func main() {
	d := Data{id: 7, name: "jackie"}
	enc, err := d.GobEncode()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal("encode error:", err)
	}

	e := new(Data)
	e.GobDecode(enc)

	fmt.Println(e)
}