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+// Copyright 2014 The gocui Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"plugin"
+//	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
+)
+
+type Greeter interface {
+	Greet()
+}
+
+var plugGocli *plugin.Plugin
+var plugHello *plugin.Plugin
+
+func main() {
+	log.Println("attempt plugin")
+
+	go loadPlugin(plugHello, "../../toolkit/hello.so")
+	loadPlugin(plugGocli, "../../toolkit/gocli.so")
+}
+
+func loadPlugin(plug *plugin.Plugin, name string) {
+	// load module
+	// 1. open the so file to load the symbols
+	plug, err = plugin.Open(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// 2. look up a symbol (an exported function or variable)
+	// in this case, variable Greeter
+	symGreeter, err := plug.Lookup("Greeter")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	log.Println("symGreater", symGreeter)
+
+	// 3. Assert that loaded symbol is of a desired type
+	// in this case interface type Greeter (defined above)
+	// var greeter Greeter
+	greeter, ok := symGreeter.(Greeter)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Println("unexpected type from module symbol")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// 4. use the module
+	greeter.Greet()
+}