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+# Sample CNI plugin
+
+This is an example of a sample chained plugin. It includes solutions for some
+of the more subtle cases that can be experienced with multi-version chained
+plugins.
+
+To use it, just add your code to the cmdAdd and cmdDel plugins.
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+// Copyright 2017 CNI authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// This is a sample chained plugin that supports multiple CNI versions. It
+// parses prevResult according to the cniVersion
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+
+	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/skel"
+	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/types/current"
+	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/version"
+)
+
+// PluginConf is whatever you expect your configuration json to be. This is whatever
+// is passed in on stdin. Your plugin may wish to expose its functionality via
+// runtime args, see CONVENTIONS.md in the CNI spec.
+type PluginConf struct {
+	types.NetConf // You may wish to not nest this type
+	RuntimeConfig *struct {
+		SampleConfig map[string]interface{} `json:"sample"`
+	} `json:"runtimeConfig"`
+
+	// This is the previous result, when called in the context of a chained
+	// plugin. Because this plugin supports multiple versions, we'll have to
+	// parse this in two passes. If your plugin is not chained, this can be
+	// removed (though you may wish to error if a non-chainable plugin is
+	// chained.
+	// If you need to modify the result before returning it, you will need
+	// to actually convert it to a concrete versioned struct.
+	RawPrevResult *map[string]interface{} `json:"prevResult"`
+	PrevResult    *current.Result         `json:"-"`
+
+	// Add plugin-specifc flags here
+	MyAwesomeFlag     bool   `json:"myAwesomeFlag"`
+	AnotherAwesomeArg string `json:"anotherAwesomeArg"`
+}
+
+// parseConfig parses the supplied configuration (and prevResult) from stdin.
+func parseConfig(stdin []byte) (*PluginConf, error) {
+	conf := PluginConf{}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(stdin, &conf); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse network configuration: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Parse previous result. Remove this if your plugin is not chained.
+	if conf.RawPrevResult != nil {
+		resultBytes, err := json.Marshal(conf.RawPrevResult)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not serialize prevResult: %v", err)
+		}
+		res, err := version.NewResult(conf.CNIVersion, resultBytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse prevResult: %v", err)
+		}
+		conf.RawPrevResult = nil
+		conf.PrevResult, err = current.NewResultFromResult(res)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not convert result to current version: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	// End previous result parsing
+
+	// Do any validation here
+	if conf.AnotherAwesomeArg == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("anotherAwesomeArg must be specified")
+	}
+
+	return &conf, nil
+}
+
+// cmdAdd is called for ADD requests
+func cmdAdd(args *skel.CmdArgs) error {
+	conf, err := parseConfig(args.StdinData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if conf.PrevResult == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("must be called as chained plugin")
+	}
+
+	// This is some sample code to generate the list of container-side IPs.
+	// We're casting the prevResult to a 0.3.0 response, which can also include
+	// host-side IPs (but doesn't when converted from a 0.2.0 response).
+	containerIPs := make([]net.IP, 0, len(conf.PrevResult.IPs))
+	if conf.CNIVersion != "0.3.0" {
+		for _, ip := range conf.PrevResult.IPs {
+			containerIPs = append(containerIPs, ip.Address.IP)
+		}
+	} else {
+		for _, ip := range conf.PrevResult.IPs {
+			intIdx := ip.Interface
+			// Every IP is indexed in to the interfaces array, with "-1" standing
+			// for an unknown interface (which we'll assume to be Container-side
+			// Skip all IPs we know belong to an interface with the wrong name.
+			if intIdx >= 0 && intIdx < len(conf.PrevResult.Interfaces) && conf.PrevResult.Interfaces[intIdx].Name != args.IfName {
+				continue
+			}
+			containerIPs = append(containerIPs, ip.Address.IP)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Pass through the result for the next plugin
+	return types.PrintResult(conf.PrevResult, conf.CNIVersion)
+}
+
+// cmdDel is called for DELETE requests
+func cmdDel(args *skel.CmdArgs) error {
+	conf, err := parseConfig(args.StdinData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_ = conf
+
+	// Do your delete here
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	skel.PluginMain(cmdAdd, cmdDel, version.PluginSupports("", "0.1.0", "0.2.0", version.Current()))
+}