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The plugin.xml file is an important and mandatory part of any plug-in for AIBench/OptFlux.

  • All the Operations/Views/Icons/GUIs will be herein declared.
  • The only artifact that does not required declaration in the plugin.xml file are the Datatypes.

Global Structure of the plugin.xml file

  • The plugin.xml file begins with the declaration of the <plugin start=[value] tag. Here, [value] equals either a boolean value (true or false). We will use false as default. This value is only true for some core plug-ins since they will be loaded first by the plug-in engine.
    • All the information pertaining the plugin will be contained from this level on.
  • The plug-in is terminated with the closing tag </plugin>

Global entries

Sections

Dependencies

Lifecycle

Extensions

Extension Points

CORE: aibench.core.operation-definition (To declare new operations)

WORKBENCH: aibench.workbench.view (To declare new views or other graphical components)

Adding a new view for a datatype

Adding a new operation icon

Adding a new datatype icon

Adding a custom-made GUI for an operation (override default dynamic generation of input dialog)

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