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From: John Baker
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 15:23

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I have just updated the example Jbuilder4 project to include a demo gui app
that loads plugin jars from the app plugin directory and show them attached
dynamically. Uzip into a fresh directory and open the project. It should
work by hitting run.

http://www.softcomms.com/java/plugin.zip

This illustrates a flexible way to make an application modular, use of
custom classloaders, multiple resource usage etc. There is only one plugin -
the hello plugin. This is enough to get the idea though. Any problems just
mail me. To add a new plugin for practice look at the way the
HelloInitializer works and write a similar class. Also look at the
properties of the Hello jar which is how a plugin should be packaged.

Hope this helps those who have been interested in modularity,
John

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