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Versions in this module

v2

v2.1.1

May 29, 2026

v2.1.0

May 29, 2026

v2.0.0

May 27, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const CurrentPluginAPIVersion

+ func CallHook(path string, in, out any) error

+ func CallHookContext(ctx context.Context, path string, in, out any) error

+ func CallHookWithTimeout(path string, timeout time.Duration, in, out any) error

+ func CallHookWithTimeoutContext(ctx context.Context, path string, timeout time.Duration, in, out any) error

+ func DefaultManifestCachePath() string

+ func DefaultPluginDir() string

+ func HookTimeout(m Manifest, hookName string) time.Duration

+ func TLSCertificateFromPlugin(path string, params map[string]string) (*tls.Certificate, error)

+ type FormatterStream struct

+ func StartFormatterStream(ctx context.Context, path string, w io.Writer, in any) (*FormatterStream, error)

+ func (s *FormatterStream) Close() error

+ func (s *FormatterStream) Send(in any) error

+ type Manifest = pluginwire.Manifest

+ func LoadManifest(path string, warningWriter io.Writer) (*Manifest, error)

+ type Plugin struct

+ Manifest Manifest

+ Path string

+ func Discover(pluginDir string, errFn func(path string, err error), manifestCacheFile string, ...) []Plugin

+ type PluginSigner struct

+ func (s *PluginSigner) Close() error

+ func (s *PluginSigner) Public() crypto.PublicKey

+ func (s *PluginSigner) Sign(_ io.Reader, digest []byte, opts crypto.SignerOpts) ([]byte, error)