Start by defining the protocol that your controller will use to control the modules.

You'll also need to decide what kind of architecture you want. Are you building a framework, where you plug data-source modules into one side and data-display modules into the other? Are you building a layered system, where you can pull a single item from each pool of feet, legs, torsos, and heads? Are you building a background server, where the module builds a query, then passes it to the back-end which does the actual crunching?

Figure out what the pieces are, then decide what they need to say to each other. Once you have that, you can weigh the alternatives of various implementations.. objects and methods, data structures and global functions, etc. Among the decisions you make will be the protocol for letting the core know what modules are available, and what services they require.

mike
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In reply to Re: Best/possible ways to dynamically use modules by mstone
in thread Best/possible ways to dynamically use modules by pdt1630

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