[wp-hackers] Plugin dependency checking

[Shane A. Froebel]

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I put the class file on trac if anyone wants to take a look at it.

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10190

Your Friend,
Shane

scribu wrote:
> Ok, now I get what you were trying to say with "Interfaces".
> 
> Yes, not using interfaces would would limit what could be done with
> their children, but on the other hand, interfaces would limit what
> child plugins could do themselves. It's a tradeoff.
> 
> It's the same tradeoff that would happen if normal plugins would have
> to have an interface that the core would have to check.
> 
> On 6/16/09, Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net> wrote:
>> "scribu" <scribu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> One or more child plugins can use functionality provided by one
>>> parent plugin. Parent plugins are not aware of the additional
>>> functionality that each child plugin provides. That's the basic
>>> model.
>> As with discussion with Steven on the list, let me urge not to have the
>> child name its parent but instead have the child name the "interface" that
>> its parents can consume.  Steven called is "offers" and "uses"; most any
>> terms will work but coupling children directly to parents will really limit
>> what can be done with their children and IMO would be a mistake.
>>
>> -Mike Schinkel
>> Custom Wordpress Plugins
>> http://mikeschinkel.com/custom-wordpress-plugins
>>
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