FarsightPluginInfo

typedef struct {
  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);
} FarsightPluginInfo;

FarsightPlugin

typedef struct _FarsightPlugin FarsightPlugin;

FarsightPluginClass

typedef struct {
  GTypeModuleClass parent_class;
} FarsightPluginClass;

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.