[gmpi] Re: Instruments done, moving on to "Plugin Files"

  • From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:11:56 +0100

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:09:53 -0700, Tim Hockin wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 12:02:49PM -0600, Mike Berry wrote:
> > >But, yes, they are going to be "bundles" according to Req 84:
> > >"Plugin files must be bundled into a single file on the filesystem."
> > 
> >     Does this mean that at runtime the host must extract a sharable 
> >     library from the bundle? This seems rather painful in these days of 
> > extravagant disk space.
> 
> According to the req, yes, the host would have to extract something from
> the bundle.  This could all be GMPI SDK code, and not compressed, just
> bundled.  It's quite cheap CPU wise.

Yes, there are freely availble libraries for openening jar files as if
they were directory filesystems, its little load on the host, and the
advantage to the user is that they can drag them around as they would a
single dynamic loadable plugin file.

- Steve 

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