[PLC4X-251] PLC4PY -> Boostrap Pluggy / Entry point / Extensions for driver discovery and loading

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Otto Fowler
• Created: 29/Sep/20 13:16
• Updated: 31/Oct/22 17:40
• Resolved: 31/Oct/22 17:40

Description

Python does not have the service provider API like java for loading drivers, but setup tools does support declarative methods to register plugins.

Along with the pluggy project, this will give the ability to load drivers as plugins.
This is also supported by poetry.
This will allow 3rd parties to provide driver support ( or other extensions should we want to support them ) just through their installations.

We will need a follow on to document writing an external package and supporting this.

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/PLC4X/Project+Setup
https://dev.to/demianbrecht/entry-points-in-python-34i3
https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/writing_plugins.html#pip-installable-plugins
https://python-poetry.org/docs/pyproject/#plugins

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