Class DefaultPluginLocator

Implementation of a plug-in locator (IPluginLocator) which loads locates plug-ins within a directory on the local file system and an OpenExchange directory that contains sub-folders with individual plug-ins.

Inheritance

System.Object

DefaultPluginLocator

Implements

IPluginLocator

System.IDisposable

Namespace: Sdl.Core.PluginFramework

Assembly: Sdl.Core.PluginFramework.dll

Syntax

public sealed class DefaultPluginLocator : Object, IPluginLocator

Constructors

DefaultPluginLocator()

Creates a default plug-in locator, which loads plug-ins from a "Plugins" subfolder of the installation folder and will optionally search in a specified Open Exchange plug-in location.

Declaration

public DefaultPluginLocator()

Properties

SystemPluginsDirectory

Gets the system plug-ins directory.

Declaration

public string SystemPluginsDirectory { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Methods

Dispose()

Disposes the plug-in locator.

Declaration

public void Dispose()

Remarks

This method is called automatically when the owning plug-in registry is disposed.

GetPluginDescriptors()

Returns an array of plug-in descriptors for plug-ins found.

Declaration

public IPluginDescriptor[] GetPluginDescriptors()

Returns

Type	Description
IPluginDescriptor[]	An array of plug-in descriptors.

Remarks

This locator looks for plug-in manifest files with the extension ".plugin.xml".

Implements

IPluginLocator

System.IDisposable