gomonop/pkg/plugin/plugin.go

package plugin // import nocternity.net/gomonop/pkg/plugin

import "nocternity.net/gomonop/pkg/results"

// Plugin represents the interface to a monitoring plugin.
type Plugin interface {
	// Results accesses the results of the monitoring plugin.
	Results() *results.Results

	// CheckArguments ensures that the arguments that were passed to the plugin
	// actually make sense. Errors should be stored in the plugin's results.
	CheckArguments() bool

	// RunCheck actually runs whatever checks are implemented by the plugin and
	// updates the results accordingly.
	RunCheck()
}

// Builder is a function that can be called in order to instantiate a plugin.
type Builder func() Plugin