!!! note This section is coming soon. All contributions are welcome, just submit a pull request!
The core testcontainers-c
shared library is built with Cgo.
For that the -buildmode=c-shared
is used in the Golang builder,
and it also receives a customized header so that the types can be mapped between C and Golang.
For that, we also have to flatten the structure and to switch the reference-based build process to fixed Objects stored in the Golang namespace, and C API
using unique object IDs.
Then, we build custom binding libraries, by using Testcontainers for C as a static library that is bundled into the language specific libs. This stage depends on the language and common practices there.
Well, you build it. From the previous stages, you get a header file, binding libraries, a shared library object or a DLL file from the Testcontainers for C module. Then, you know the drill.