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Plug-In Services

Core Foundation Plug-in Services uses the basic code-loading facility of Core Foundation Bundle Services to provide a standard plug-in architecture for Carbon applications.


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This document describes the Core Foundation Plug-in Services API for Mac OS X and CarbonLib 1.1. It contains conceptual information, programming examples, and a complete API reference. While this document is addressed primarily to host application developers, plug-in developers also need to read it in order to fully understand and make use of the PlugIn Services model.
 
Overview
This document summarizes the benefits of Core Foundation and explains some of the key concepts, such as opaque types, reference counting, and memory management.