[gmpi] Re: Requirements
- From: Marc Poirier <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:33:19 +0100 (CET)
> > It seems desirable for all hosts, regardless of platform, to store plug=
> > in settings in the same format. Mayne that is not necceasry.
> >
>
> Ok, but that's a host thing. It has nothing at all to do with plugins
> (right?).
Maybe I'm missing something here, but so far as I see it, plugins
obviously need to be concerned with the settings format. They have to
receive and process settings and they have to produce them.
So far, a few possible schemes have been suggested. The data can be
completely under the control of the host and simply a snapshot of
parameter values. In that case, the plugin need not know anything about
the settings format, however, no one's going to agree to that since it's
clearly not sufficient for a lot of plugins' needs. Another possibility
is totoally opaque data blocks, which the plugin needs to know about; in
fact, the plugin is the only one who understands it. And another
possibility is some sort of data format, which could be defined as a
data structure, a data block with tags, or a keyed XML structure. So
anyway, if the plugin is provided with a keyed XML data block, it
certainly will need to know that it's a keyed XML data block, otherwise
what will it do?
That's what I see, but again, maybe I'm misunderstanding the issue...
Marc
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