node object with start function

src/gethdep.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
@@ -28,3 +29,15 @@ func createAccount(password, keydir string) error {
 	return nil
 
 }
+
+func createAndStartNode(datadir string) error {
+
+	currentNode := MakeNode(datadir)
+	if currentNode != nil {
+		StartNode(currentNode)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return errors.New("Could not create the in-memory node object")
+
+}

src/library.go

@@ -16,3 +16,14 @@ func doCreateAccount(password, keydir *C.char) C.int {
 	}
 	return 0
 }
+
+// export doStartNode
+func doStartNode(datadir *C.char) C.int {
+	// This starts a geth node with the given datadir
+	if err := createAndStartNode(C.GoString(datadir)); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		return -1
+	}
+	return 0
+
+}

src/main.go

@@ -33,18 +33,21 @@ var (
 	c           *cli.Context
 )
 
-func init() {
+func main() {
+
+	// Placeholder for anything we want to run by default
+	fmt.Println("You are running statusgo!")
+
+}
+
+func MakeNode(datadir string) *node.Node {
 
 	set := flag.NewFlagSet("test", 0)
 	set.Bool("shh", true, "whisper")
 	set.Bool("noeth", true, "disable eth")
-	set.String("datadir", ".ethereum", "data directory for geth")
+	set.String("datadir", datadir, "data directory for geth")
 	c = cli.NewContext(nil, set, nil)
 
-}
-
-func main() {
-
 	// Construct the textual version string from the individual components
 	vString = fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d", versionMajor, versionMinor, versionPatch)
 
@@ -56,7 +59,13 @@ func main() {
 	rConfig.Patch = uint32(versionPatch)
 
 	currentNode = utils.MakeSystemNode(clientIdentifier, vString, rConfig, makeDefaultExtra(), c)
-	fmt.Println(currentNode)
+	return currentNode
+
+}
+
+func StartNode(currentNode *node.Node) {
+	utils.StartNode(currentNode)
+	currentNode.Wait()
 }
 
 func makeDefaultExtra() []byte {