Plugin Support

Support for dynamically loaded plugins. More...

Classes
class	mi::base::Plugin
	Every plugin must be derived from this class. More...

Typedefs
typedef Plugin *	mi::base::Plugin_factory (unsigned int index, void *context)
	Typedef for the initializer function to be provided by every plugin. More...

Functions
virtual Sint32	mi::base::Plugin::get_version () const
	Get the version of the plugin. More...
virtual const char *	mi::base::Plugin::get_compiler () const
	Get the compiler used to compile the plugin. More...

Detailed Description

Support for dynamically loaded plugins.

Typedef Documentation

typedef Plugin* mi::base::Plugin_factory(unsigned int index, void *context)

Typedef for the initializer function to be provided by every plugin.

The initializer function is used to obtain an instance of every plugin class. Note that the actual defintion of the initializer function needs to be marked as

extern "C" MI_DLL_EXPORT 

Parameters

index	The index of the plugin.
context	The execution context for the plugin.

Function Documentation

const char * mi::base::Plugin::get_compiler ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Get the compiler used to compile the plugin.

Returns

A string describing the compiler used to compile the plugin.

Sint32 mi::base::Plugin::get_version ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Get the version of the plugin.

Returns

The version number of the plugin.