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Saif Khan
Saif Khan

Reputation: 18812

How to build a Module or Plugin Based Application

Where can I find information on building a Module Based or Plugin Based (not sure which si correct) application?

Example - Say I have a productiion application and and I want to add a shipping module. Basically my users can click "Add Module" from my application and select a CAB or Zipped file and my shipping module can then be added to the app.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 649

Answers (3)

Mike Ohlsen
Mike Ohlsen

Reputation: 1900

Define an interface that all the plugins must implement. Upon app startup or a user initiated process (uploading a file), discover which plugins are available and adhere to the interface.

Use Convention over Configuration. Your app discovering what modules are available is preferred over defining the available modules via configuration files.

Upvotes: 0

Konamiman
Konamiman

Reputation: 50313

Also, if you are targeting Silverlight or WPF, take a look at the PRISM framework.

Upvotes: 0

lomaxx
lomaxx

Reputation: 115833

Since you've got the .net tag, I'm assuming you're looking at implementing this app in .net. Take a look at the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)

Upvotes: 4

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