RosettaCodeData/Task/Use-another-language-to-call-a-function/Go/use-another-language-to-call-a-function-3.go
2015-11-18 06:14:39 +00:00

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// This buildmode requires the package to be main
package main
// Import C so we can export the function to C and use C types
//#include <stdlib.h> // for size_t
import "C"
// Import reflect and unsafe so we can wrap the C array in a Go slice
import "reflect"
import "unsafe"
// This buildmode also requires a main function, but it is never actually called
func main() {}
// The message to copy into the buffer
const msg = "Here am I"
// Here we declare the Query function using C types and export it to C
//export Query
func Query(buffer *C.char, length *C.size_t) C.int {
// Check there is enough space in the buffer
if int(*length) < len(msg) {
return 0
}
// Wrap the buffer in a slice to make it easier to copy into
sliceHeader := reflect.SliceHeader {
Data: uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(buffer)),
Len: len(msg),
Cap: len(msg),
}
bufferSlice := *(*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&sliceHeader))
// Iterate through the message and copy it to the buffer, byte by byte
for i:=0;i<len(msg);i++ {
bufferSlice[i] = msg[i]
}
// Set length to the amount of bytes we copied
(*length) = C.size_t(len(msg))
return 1
}