// Copyright 2014 The gocui Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package main import ( "log" "os" "plugin" // "github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui" ) type Greeter interface { Greet() } var plugGocli *plugin.Plugin var plugHello *plugin.Plugin func main() { log.Println("attempt plugin") go loadPlugin(plugHello, "../../toolkit/hello.so") loadPlugin(plugGocli, "../../toolkit/gocli.so") } func loadPlugin(plug *plugin.Plugin, name string) { // load module // 1. open the so file to load the symbols plug, err = plugin.Open(name) if err != nil { log.Println(err) os.Exit(1) } // 2. look up a symbol (an exported function or variable) // in this case, variable Greeter symGreeter, err := plug.Lookup("Greeter") if err != nil { log.Println(err) os.Exit(1) } log.Println("symGreater", symGreeter) // 3. Assert that loaded symbol is of a desired type // in this case interface type Greeter (defined above) // var greeter Greeter greeter, ok := symGreeter.(Greeter) if !ok { log.Println("unexpected type from module symbol") os.Exit(1) } // 4. use the module greeter.Greet() }