Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development

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James Kennard

"Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development"

Using Plugins as Libraries (in Lieu of
Library Extensions)
We have mentioned the Joomla! library a number of times in the past. Although
the library is a powerful part of Joomla!, it is not extensible. There are currently
discussions within Joomla! to create library extensions and implement an extension
dependency mechanism.
In the meantime, we can use plugins as libraries. Plugins, although not designed for
this, are ideally suited to this because they enable us to build up a shared directory
structure based on several plugins.
First, we must use a common plugin group for a library; we should think of this as
the root library namespace. This XML defines a plugin called 'My Library - Base'.

"http://dev.joomla.org/xml/1.5/plugin-install.dtd">

My Library - Base
Author's Name
Author's Email
Author's Website
MonthName Year
Copyright Notice
Plugin License Agreement
Plugin Version
Plugin Description

base.

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