basic_plugin.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/cloudfoundry/cli/plugin"
)

/*
*	This is the struct implementing the interface defined by the core CLI. It can
*	be found at  "github.com/cloudfoundry/cli/plugin/plugin.go"
*
 */
type BasicPlugin struct{}

/*
*	This function must be implemented by any plugin because it is part of the
*	plugin interface defined by the core CLI.
*
*	Run(....) is the entry point when the core CLI is invoking a command defined
*	by a plugin. The first parameter, plugin.CliConnection, is a struct that can
*	be used to invoke cli commands. The second paramter, args, is a slice of
*	strings. args[0] will be the name of the command, and will be followed by
*	any additional arguments a cli user typed in.
*
*	Any error handling should be handled with the plugin itself (this means printing
*	user facing errors). The CLI will exit 0 if the plugin exits 0 and will exit
*	1 should the plugin exits nonzero.
 */
func (c *BasicPlugin) Run(cliConnection plugin.CliConnection, args []string) {
	// Ensure that we called the command basic-plugin-command
	if args[0] == "basic-plugin-command" {
		fmt.Println("Running the basic-plugin-command")
	}
}

/*
*	This function must be implemented as part of the	plugin interface
*	defined by the core CLI.
*
*	GetMetadata() returns a PluginMetadata struct. The first field, Name,
*	determines the name of the plugin which should generally be without spaces.
*	If there are spaces in the name a user will need to properly quote the name
*	during uninstall otherwise the name will be treated as seperate arguments.
*	The second value is a slice of Command structs. Our slice only contains one
*	Command Struct, but could contain any number of them. The first field Name
*	defines the command `cf basic-plugin-command` once installed into the CLI. The
*	second field, HelpText, is used by the core CLI to display help information
*	to the user in the core commands `cf help`, `cf`, or `cf -h`.
 */
func (c *BasicPlugin) GetMetadata() plugin.PluginMetadata {
	return plugin.PluginMetadata{
		Name: "MyBasicPlugin",
		Version: plugin.VersionType{
			Major: 1,
			Minor: 0,
			Build: 0,
		},
		Commands: []plugin.Command{
			plugin.Command{
				Name:     "basic-plugin-command",
				HelpText: "Basic plugin command's help text",

				// UsageDetails is optional
				// It is used to show help of usage of each command
				UsageDetails: plugin.Usage{
					Usage: "basic-plugin-command\n   cf basic-plugin-command",
				},
			},
		},
	}
}

/*
* Unlike most Go programs, the `Main()` function will not be used to run all of the
* commands provided in your plugin. Main will be used to initialize the plugin
* process, as well as any dependencies you might require for your
* plugin.
 */
func main() {
	// Any initialization for your plugin can be handled here
	//
	// Note: to run the plugin.Start method, we pass in a pointer to the struct
	// implementing the interface defined at "github.com/cloudfoundry/cli/plugin/plugin.go"
	//
	// Note: The plugin's main() method is invoked at install time to collect
	// metadata. The plugin will exit 0 and the Run([]string) method will not be
	// invoked.
	plugin.Start(new(BasicPlugin))
	// Plugin code should be written in the Run([]string) method,
	// ensuring the plugin environment is bootstrapped.
}