FARSIGHT_INIT_PLUGIN()

#define             FARSIGHT_INIT_PLUGIN(initfunc, plugininfo)

farsight_plugin_create ()

GObject *
farsight_plugin_create (const gchar *name,
                        const gchar *type_suffix,
                        FarsightPlugin **pluginptr);

Loads the appropriate plugin if necessary and creates a GObject of the requested type

farsight_plugin_get_name ()

const gchar *
farsight_plugin_get_name (FarsightPlugin *plugin);

Returns the name of the given plugin plugin.

farsight_plugin_get_description ()

const gchar *
farsight_plugin_get_description (FarsightPlugin *plugin);

Returns the description of the given plugin plugin.

farsight_plugin_get_version ()

const gchar *
farsight_plugin_get_version (FarsightPlugin *plugin);

Returns the version of the given plugin plugin.

farsight_plugin_get_author ()

const gchar *
farsight_plugin_get_author (FarsightPlugin *plugin);

Returns the author of the given plugin plugin.

farsight_plugin_get_homepage ()

const gchar *
farsight_plugin_get_homepage (FarsightPlugin *plugin);

Returns the homepage of the given plugin plugin.

struct FarsightPluginInfo

struct FarsightPluginInfo {
  guint major_version;          /* major version of core that plugin was compiled for */
  guint minor_version;          /* minor version of core that plugin was compiled for */
 
  gchar *description;           /* description of plugin */
  gchar *version;               /* version of the plugin */
  gchar *author;                /* author of the plugin */
  gchar *homepage;              /* homepage of the plugin */

  /* callbacks */
  /* This function is called when the last instance of the plugin is
   * unloaded. It can be useful to deallocate resources common for all
   * instances of the plugin. */
  void (*unload) (FarsightPlugin * plugin);
  /* This function is called to generate a new object of the type used by the 
     plugin */
  GObject* (*new_) (void);
};

struct FarsightPlugin

struct FarsightPlugin;

struct FarsightPluginClass

struct FarsightPluginClass {
  GTypeModuleClass parent_class;
};