[Qt-jambi-interest] Designing a plugin based Jambi application

[Gunnar Sletta]

Andreas Bockhold wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to start to create an application using/based on plugins. I found 
> the general description in [1] and a first example in [2] so I know that a 
> plugin based architecture should be possible with Qt Jambi. Now I have the 
> problem, that all this example code is written in C++.
> 
> Specifically I do not find the QPluginLoader referred to in the documentation 
> in the Java class overview.
 >
> Maybe somebody could give me a short introduction in building a plugin-based 
> application in Java-terms? Thanks in advance!

Hi Andreas,

The C++ plugin architecture is not suitable for use with Java, so it has 
been omitted from the API. What the plugin C++ architecture offers is 
already available in Java via reflection, Class.forName(), typesafe 
dynamic casting, etc, so Qt Jambi does not provide a plugin API.

> Regards,
> Andreas
> 
> PS: Any news on the bug or a release date for "no prefix for generated classes 
> in Eclipse plugin" Florian and me ran into?


It will be part of the next jambi release. The release date is not 
written in stone yet. Some time in september, is my best guess.

best regards,
Gunnar