Developing a plugin

J661 Plugins use the Open Source MDIFramework library.

A Plugin is a Java jar file with the following manifest properties:

• MDIPluginClass: (mandatory) the path of the Plugin class
• MDIPluginType: (mandatory) the type of Plugin, which can be:
• "common" for a Plugin which can be used for the Client, the Server, or the Editor^[1]
  For example, the Scenario Plugin can be used in the Client, the Server, or the Editor in the context of the Embedded Server
• "server" for a Plugin which can be used only for the Server
• "client" for a Plugin which can be used only for the Client
• "editor" for a Plugin which can be used only for the Editor^[2]
  For example, the UACDS Plugin or the EditorScript Plugin can be used only for the Editor
• ui: (optional) the UI Framework (or list of frameworks) on which this Plugin is allowed to work:
• "jfx" for the JavaFX framework
• "jfx;swing" for the Swing framework

Example

The following manifest is used for the Scenario Plugin:

      MDIPluginClass: plugin.common.scenario.ScenarioPlugin
      MDIPluginType: common
      ui: jfx;swing