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Plugins

You can extend the functionality of the system or your apps by using plugins.

As of now, there are three types of plugins:

  • UI plugins
  • Repository plugins
  • Job handler plugins

UI Plugins​

UI plugins are ReactJS components that implement the IUIPlugin interface, and are used to render entities in a specific way.

You can render an entity, with plugins, by using <EntityView idReference={entityId} type={typeOfEntity}/>. EntityView is a component exported by the @development-framwork/dm-core NPM package.

If the plugin is correctly registered, this component will then automatically select the correct plugin, and render the entity using that plugin.

Read more about writing and registering a UIPlugin here.

Repository Plugins​

Repository plugins are Python modules, used to extends DMSS with the ability to communicate with a specific storage technology. The type-field of a DataSource repository definition (see datasources) is used to determine which RepositoryPlugin should be used when communicating with the storage backend.

For details on implementing a RepositoryPlugin, see here

Job Handler Plugins​

Job handler plugins are Python modules added to DM-Job API. They are used to schedule jobs on some specific infrastructure, or can be a job executor itself.

For details on implementing a JobHandlerPlugin, see here