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<span id="id1"></span><h1>Plugin Loader<a class="headerlink" href="#plugin-loader" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>The Plugin Loader is provided to each Plugin through the Initialize()``
function. It provides plugins with:</p>
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<h2>Lookup<a class="headerlink" href="#lookup" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Lookup(name</span> <span class="pre">string,</span> <span class="pre">validate</span> <span class="pre">func(interface{})</span> <span class="pre">bool)</span> <span class="pre">[]interface{}</span></code></p>
<p>Returns a list of values from plugins identified by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name</span></code>, which match the
provided <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">validate</span></code> predicate. For example:</p>
<div class="highlight-go notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">pl</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Lookup</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Version&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kd">func</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">item</span> <span class="kd">interface</span><span class="p">{})</span> <span class="kt">bool</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="nx">_</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">ok</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">item</span><span class="p">.(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="nx">ok</span>
<span class="p">})</span>
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<p>Would return a list of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code> objects named <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Version</span></code> in any loaded plugins.
This can enable Plugins to interact with each other, accessing values and
functions implemented in other plugins.</p>
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<h2>GetFeed<a class="headerlink" href="#getfeed" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GetFeed()</span> <span class="pre">Feed</span></code></p>
<p>Returns a new feed that the plugin can used for publish/subscribe models.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<div class="highlight-go notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">feed</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">pl</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">GetFeed</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="k">go</span> <span class="kd">func</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="nx">ch</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">chan</span> <span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">sub</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">feed</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Subscribe</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">ch</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">select</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">case</span> <span class="nx">item</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="o">&lt;-</span><span class="nx">ch</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="c1">// Do something with item</span>
<span class="k">case</span> <span class="nx">err</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="nx">sub</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Err</span><span class="p">():</span>
<span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Error</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;An error has occurred&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">&quot;err&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">sub</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Unsubscribe</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="nb">close</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">ch</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">return</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}()</span>
<span class="nx">feed</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Send</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;hello&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">feed</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Send</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;world&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>Note that you can send any type through a feed, but the subscribed channel and
sent objects must be of matching types.</p>
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