Plugin(3pm)

NAME
Lire::Plugin - Base interface of all Lire plugins.

SYNOPSIS
  use base qw/ Lire::Plugin /;

DESCRIPTION
This package defines the base interface implemented by all plugins.

DEFAULT CONSTRUCTOR
The plugin class has new() constructor which blesses an hash reference.

  name()
Returns the name of the plugin.

  title()
Returns a more human friendly name for the plugin.

  description()
Returns a DocBook XML based documentation of the plugin.

  type
Returns the type of plugin. There are three plugin types in Lire:

dlf_converter
    These plugins are used to converter log files to DLF. Plugin will also need to implement the Lire::DlfConverter interface.

output_format
    These plugins are used to format XML reports. Plugin of this type should implement the Lire::OutputFormat interface.

dlf_analyser
    These plugins are used to generate other DLF records from existing Dlf records. They should implement the Lire::Analaser interface.

chart_type
    These plugins are used to generate charts.

SEE ALSO
Lire::PluginManager(3pm), Lire::DlfConverter(3pm), Lire::OutputFormat(3pm), Lire::DlfAnalyser(3pm), Lire::DlfChartType(3pm)

AUTHOR
  Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org>

VERSION
$Id: Plugin.pm,v 1.5 2006/07/23 13:16:29 vanbaal Exp $

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

This file is part of Lire.

Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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