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What is a JAR loaded at runtime in Java code supposed to do ?

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pjmlp9y ago· 2 in thread

Well I expect it to work like this:

- Define a Go interface for plugin

- Create a C style shared library with a factory function

- On the application side, load the library and cast the pointer to the plugin interface

- Make sure the Go runtime is compiled as a shared library visible to the application and respective plugins

It is as easy to put a jar into a directory? No, but it is doable.

spriggan3OP9y ago

> Create a C style shared library with a factory function

> On the application side, load the library

Show me the code then, I still maintain than what you think is possible isn't. And I don't want to see any C code in your example.

pjmlp9y ago

I might try to do it as a learning exercise of the state of Go tooling, but I have better things with my life than proving things to strangers on the Internet.

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