Plugin Architecture for C, C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP and Python

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created: 2012-03-22 by Shane Saxon
edited: 2014-07-16

Plugin Architecture & C-API needs to be defined!!

Please post requests / ideas for plugin types and functionality...

ANTz C-API forms the base for all other API's:

• planned API wrappers include C++, Python, Java and PHP.
• other planned API types include CSV, MySQL and OSC.

Plugin module code to be dynamically loaded at runtime.
Note that different OS types need different binary files:

• '.DLL' - MSW 'Dynamic Link Library'.
• '.RO' - OSX & Linux 'Resource Object' (DLL equivalent.)

however, this is not useful without a defined ANTz C-API:

• need to define the API and organize the relevant areas of code.
• need to define the gamut of plugin functionality!!!

Plugin Categories (please expand):

• File Import/Export (XML, JSON, KML)
• 3rd party DB support (DB2, Oracle, Informix...)
• DB query logic
• 3rd party table/format translation.
• 3D model load/save (KML, Collada, OBJ, 3DS)
• Topo Types
• OpenGL draw routines, think fractals, FFT, etc.
• Physics Engine Components (Collision, Fluids, Particles...)
• Control Functions (when X occurs do Y, machine control...)
• Device Support (infiniteZ, HID, spaceball, joystick...)
• Smart Selection Tools

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Current plan is to use Doxygen to generate the C-API (html) docs:
http://openantz.com/docs/doxy/html/index.html

Doxy+Graphviz DOT plugin of the global 'Data' structure:
http://openantz.com/docs/doxy/html/struct_data.html

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libpeas is a GObject plugin library for C and Python 2, 3

• https://github.com/gregier/libpeas
• https://developer.gnome.org/libpeas/1.20/

JGIR project is a Java bytecode-based compiler

• https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/JGIR

PHP language bindings GObject extension

• https://github.com/gtkforphp/glib currently only PHP ver 7
• https://github.com/gtkforphp/gobject