go 1.8 plugin use custom interface - go

Question

I want to use custom interface based on go plugin, but I found it's not support.
Definition of filter.Filter
package filter
import (
"net/http"
"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
)
// Context filter context
type Context interface {
SetStartAt(startAt int64)
SetEndAt(endAt int64)
GetStartAt() int64
GetEndAt() int64
GetProxyServerAddr() string
GetProxyOuterRequest() *fasthttp.Request
GetProxyResponse() *fasthttp.Response
NeedMerge() bool
GetOriginRequestCtx() *fasthttp.RequestCtx
GetMaxQPS() int
ValidateProxyOuterRequest() bool
InBlacklist(ip string) bool
InWhitelist(ip string) bool
IsCircuitOpen() bool
IsCircuitHalf() bool
GetOpenToCloseFailureRate() int
GetHalfTrafficRate() int
GetHalfToOpenSucceedRate() int
GetOpenToCloseCollectSeconds() int
ChangeCircuitStatusToClose()
ChangeCircuitStatusToOpen()
RecordMetricsForRequest()
RecordMetricsForResponse()
RecordMetricsForFailure()
RecordMetricsForReject()
GetRecentlyRequestSuccessedCount(sec int) int
GetRecentlyRequestCount(sec int) int
GetRecentlyRequestFailureCount(sec int) int
}
// Filter filter interface
type Filter interface {
Name() string
Pre(c Context) (statusCode int, err error)
Post(c Context) (statusCode int, err error)
PostErr(c Context)
}
// BaseFilter base filter support default implemention
type BaseFilter struct{}
// Pre execute before proxy
func (f BaseFilter) Pre(c Context) (statusCode int, err error) {
return http.StatusOK, nil
}
// Post execute after proxy
func (f BaseFilter) Post(c Context) (statusCode int, err error) {
return http.StatusOK, nil
}
// PostErr execute proxy has errors
func (f BaseFilter) PostErr(c Context) {
}
This pkg is in my go app project.
load plugin file
package proxy
import (
"errors"
"plugin"
"strings"
"github.com/fagongzi/gateway/pkg/conf"
"github.com/fagongzi/gateway/pkg/filter"
)
var (
// ErrKnownFilter known filter error
ErrKnownFilter = errors.New("unknow filter")
)
const (
// FilterHTTPAccess access log filter
FilterHTTPAccess = "HTTP-ACCESS"
// FilterHeader header filter
FilterHeader = "HEAD" // process header fiter
// FilterXForward xforward fiter
FilterXForward = "XFORWARD"
// FilterBlackList blacklist filter
FilterBlackList = "BLACKLIST"
// FilterWhiteList whitelist filter
FilterWhiteList = "WHITELIST"
// FilterAnalysis analysis filter
FilterAnalysis = "ANALYSIS"
// FilterRateLimiting limit filter
FilterRateLimiting = "RATE-LIMITING"
// FilterCircuitBreake circuit breake filter
FilterCircuitBreake = "CIRCUIT-BREAKE"
// FilterValidation validation request filter
FilterValidation = "VALIDATION"
)
func newFilter(filterSpec *conf.FilterSpec) (filter.Filter, error) {
if filterSpec.External {
return newExternalFilter(filterSpec)
}
input := strings.ToUpper(filterSpec.Name)
switch input {
case FilterHTTPAccess:
return newAccessFilter(), nil
case FilterHeader:
return newHeadersFilter(), nil
case FilterXForward:
return newXForwardForFilter(), nil
case FilterAnalysis:
return newAnalysisFilter(), nil
case FilterBlackList:
return newBlackListFilter(), nil
case FilterWhiteList:
return newWhiteListFilter(), nil
case FilterRateLimiting:
return newRateLimitingFilter(), nil
case FilterCircuitBreake:
return newCircuitBreakeFilter(), nil
case FilterValidation:
return newValidationFilter(), nil
default:
return nil, ErrKnownFilter
}
}
func newExternalFilter(filterSpec *conf.FilterSpec) (filter.Filter, error) {
p, err := plugin.Open(filterSpec.ExternalPluginFile)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
s, err := p.Lookup("NewExternalFilter")
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
sf := s.(func() (filter.Filter, error))
return sf()
}
This is the code of load plugin in my go app project
package main
import (
"C"
"strings"
"time"
"github.com/CodisLabs/codis/pkg/utils/log"
"github.com/fagongzi/gateway/pkg/filter"
"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
)
// AccessFilter record the http access log
// log format: $remoteip "$method $path" $code "$agent" $svr $cost
type AccessFilter struct {
}
// NewExternalFilter create a External filter
func NewExternalFilter() (filter.Filter, error) {
return &AccessFilter{}, nil
}
// Name return name of this filter
func (f *AccessFilter) Name() string {
return "HTTP-ACCESS"
}
// Pre pre process
func (f *AccessFilter) Pre(c filter.Context) (statusCode int, err error) {
return 200, nil
}
// Post execute after proxy
func (f *AccessFilter) Post(c filter.Context) (statusCode int, err error) {
cost := (c.GetStartAt() - c.GetEndAt())
log.Infof("%s %s \"%s\" %d \"%s\" %s %s",
GetRealClientIP(c.GetOriginRequestCtx()),
c.GetOriginRequestCtx().Method(),
c.GetProxyOuterRequest().RequestURI(),
c.GetProxyResponse().StatusCode(),
c.GetOriginRequestCtx().UserAgent(),
c.GetProxyServerAddr(),
time.Duration(cost))
return 200, nil
}
// PostErr post error process
func (f *AccessFilter) PostErr(c filter.Context) {
}
// GetRealClientIP get read client ip
func GetRealClientIP(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) string {
xforward := ctx.Request.Header.Peek("X-Forwarded-For")
if nil == xforward {
return strings.SplitN(ctx.RemoteAddr().String(), ":", 2)[0]
}
return strings.SplitN(string(xforward), ",", 2)[0]
}
This is the definition of plugin, it's in my plugin project. The plugin project and go app project are different projects.
I found errors:
panic: interface conversion: plugin.Symbol is func() (filter.Filter, error), not func() (filter.Filter, error)
You can find code in this project https://github.com/fagongzi/gateway/tree/go18-plugin-support.
filter.Filter is in pkg/filter package.
load plugin file in proxy/factory.go
plugin go file is in another project.

Answer 1

Custom interfaces work just fine.
But one important thing: you can only type assert types from values looked up from plugins that are defined outside of the plugin (you can't refer types defined in plugins). This also applies to each component of "composite types", for example you can only type assert a function type whose parameter and result types are also defined outside of the plugin.
1. With a common package outside of the plugin
One solution is to define the interface in a package outside of the plugin, and both the plugin and your app can import it and refer to it.
Define it in package filter:
package filter
type Filter interface {
Name() string
Age() int
}
The plugin is in package pq and imports package filter:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"filter"
)
type plgFilter struct{}
func (plgFilter) Name() string { return "Bob" }
func (plgFilter) Age() int { return 23 }
func GetFilter() (f filter.Filter, err error) {
f = plgFilter{}
fmt.Printf("[plugin GetFilter] Returning filter: %T %v\n", f, f)
return
}
And the main app that also imports (the same) package filter, loads the plugin, looks up GetFilter(), calls it and also uses the returned Filter:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"filter"
"plugin"
)
func main() {
p, err := plugin.Open("pg/pg.so")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
GetFilter, err := p.Lookup("GetFilter")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
filter, err := GetFilter.(func() (filter.Filter, error))()
fmt.Printf("GetFilter result: %T %v %v\n", filter, filter, err)
fmt.Println("\tName:", filter.Name())
fmt.Println("\tAge:", filter.Age())
}
Output:
[plugin GetFilter] Returning filter: main.plgFilter {}
GetFilter result: main.plgFilter {} <nil>
Name: Bob
Age: 23
2. With plugin returning interface{}, and interface defined in main app
Another solution is to have the plugin function return a value of type interface{}. Your main app can define the interface it expects, and it can use type assertion on the interface{} value returned by the plugin.
No filter package this time.
The plugin is in package pq:
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
type plgFilter struct{}
func (plgFilter) Name() string { return "Bob" }
func (plgFilter) Age() int { return 23 }
func GetFilterIface() (f interface{}, err error) {
f = plgFilter{}
fmt.Printf("[plugin GetFilterIface] Returning filter: %T %v\n", f, f)
return
}
And the main app:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"plugin"
)
func main() {
p, err := plugin.Open("pg/pg.so")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
GetFilterIface, err := p.Lookup("GetFilterIface")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
filterIface, err := GetFilterIface.(func() (interface{}, error))()
fmt.Printf("GetFilterIface result: %T %v %v\n", filterIface, filterIface, err)
myfilter := filterIface.(MyFilter)
fmt.Println("\tName:", myfilter.Name())
fmt.Println("\tAge:", myfilter.Age())
}
type MyFilter interface {
Name() string
Age() int
}
Output:
[plugin GetFilterIface] Returning filter: main.plgFilter {}
GetFilterIface result: main.plgFilter {} <nil>
Name: Bob
Age: 23
Also see related question: How do Go plugin dependencies work?