Design Topics

The topics in this section explain the design (and the decisions that went into the design) of PluginPlay.

PluginPlay and Components:

• Designing the Module Manager
  • What is the module manager?
  • Module Manager Considerations
  • Module Manager Architecture
• Designing the Plugin Class
  • What is a Plugin?
  • Why Do We Need a Plugin Class?
  • Plugin Considerations
  • Plugin Strategy
  • Further Considerations
• Designing Drivers
  • What is a Driver?
  • Why Do We Need Drivers?
  • How Does a Driver Differ From a Module?
  • Driver Considerations
  • Alternatives Considered
  • Driver Strategy
  • Further Considerations
• Call Graph
  • Designing the Call Graph Component
  • State of a Call Graph
  • Designing the CallGraph Class
• Designing the Module Component
  • What is the Module Component?
  • Module Component Considerations
  • Module Component Design
  • Summary
• Designing the Property Type Component
  • What is the Property Type Component?
  • Property Type Considerations
  • Property Type Component Design
• Designing the Field Component
  • What is the Field Component?
  • Field Component Considerations
  • Field Component Design
• Cache Design
  • Cache Considerations
  • Cache Implementations
  • Cache Strategy
• Database Design
  • What is a Database?
  • Database Considerations
  • Choosing the Key/Value Types
  • Database Implementations
  • Database Implementation Comparsions
  • Database Strategy
  • Future Directions

Processes

• Initializing the ModuleManager
  • What is ModuleManager Initialization?
  • Previous Approaches to Initialization
  • Initialization Considerations
  • Initialization Strategy
• Memoization Design
  • What is Memoization?
  • Why does PluginPlay Need Memoization?
  • Memoization Considerations
  • Memoization Implementations
  • Memoization Strategy
  • Memoization Implementation
• Checkpoint/Restart
  • What is C/R?
  • Why Do We Need C/R?
  • C/R Considerations
  • C/R Implementations
  • C/R Strategy