go-plugins

Sandbox for testing golang plugins

You can find more explanations here: https://medium.com/@alperkose/things-to-avoid-while-using-golang-plugins-f34c0a636e8

Running examples:

Running ./run.sh will build the plugins and the main application using docker. The base image for building and running are by default golang:1.11. But you may pass different versions as the first parameter: ./run.sh 1.10

When you run the shell script you should see an output like:

# Go version
------------
go version go1.11.2 linux/amd64

# Running with non-vendored implementation
------------------------------------------
Name: Jon Snow
Email jon.snow@nightwatch.org

# Running with implementation in different gopath
-------------------------------------------------
panic: plugin.Open("differentgopath.plugin"): plugin was built with a different version of package github.com/alperkose/golangplugins/user

goroutine 1 [running]:
main.main()
        /go/src/github.com/alperkose/golangplugins/main.go:17 +0x3a4
# Running with vendored implementation
--------------------------------------
panic: interface conversion: plugin.Symbol is func() user.Provider, not func() user.Provider (types from different scopes)

goroutine 1 [running]:
main.main()
        /go/src/github.com/alperkose/golangplugins/main.go:24 +0x384

Plugin Caveats

• plugins must be built with the same version of the Go toolchain as the main application
• your plugin needs to be built from a main package
  • go build -o plugin.so -buildmode=plugin .
• GOPATH for plugins and the actual system should be the same
• Code for the plugin and the actual system should not use vendor folders (at least for the common packages)