PluginAttribute

Overview

The PluginAttribute is a base class for a custom plugins attirubte. Hydra uses this attribute to locate plugins within assembly and to get access to meta-data. Every Hydra plugin must have a set of attributes to allow host application properly detect kind of a plugin.

Use Case

You can use this class to associate user-defined information, such as name of the plugin, description and some user data to the target visual or non-visual plugin.

  [Plugin(Name = "SamplePlugin", Description = "This is sample plugin", UserData = "Data"), VisualPlugin]
  public partial class Plugin1 : VisualPlugin
  [..]

Location

Reference: RemObjects.Hydra.dll
Namespace: RemObjects.Hydra
Ancestry: Attribute | PluginAttribute

constructor

Creates a new instance of the class.

constructor

PluginAttribute()

Sub New()

Description

Gets or sets the description of the plugin.

property Description: String read write;

String Description { get; set; }

Property Description() As String

MajorVersion

property MajorVersion: Int32 read write;

Int32 MajorVersion { get; set; }

Property MajorVersion() As Int32

MinorVersion

property MinorVersion: Int32 read write;

Int32 MinorVersion { get; set; }

Property MinorVersion() As Int32

Name

Gets or sets the name of the plugin.

property Name: String read write;

String Name { get; set; }

Property Name() As String

RequiredPrivilege

property RequiredPrivilege: String read write;

String RequiredPrivilege { get; set; }

Property RequiredPrivilege() As String

UserData

Gets or sets the user data.

property UserData: String read write;

String UserData { get; set; }

Property UserData() As String