26 lines
922 B
Go
26 lines
922 B
Go
// The plugin package exposes functions and helpers for communicating to
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// plugins which are implemented as standalone binary applications.
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//
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// plugin.Client fully manages the lifecycle of executing the application,
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// connecting to it, and returning the RPC client for dispensing plugins.
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//
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// plugin.Serve fully manages listeners to expose an RPC server from a binary
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// that plugin.Client can connect to.
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package plugin
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import (
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"net/rpc"
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)
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// Plugin is the interface that is implemented to serve/connect to an
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// inteface implementation.
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type Plugin interface {
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// Server should return the RPC server compatible struct to serve
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// the methods that the Client calls over net/rpc.
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Server(*MuxBroker) (interface{}, error)
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// Client returns an interface implementation for the plugin you're
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// serving that communicates to the server end of the plugin.
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Client(*MuxBroker, *rpc.Client) (interface{}, error)
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}
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