2.3.5. Define Plugins

The Plugin view allows you to define the pluggable components specific to a Routing Service. These plugins are:

  • Organized in Plugin Libraries.

  • Categorized and configured based on the source language. Routing Service supports C/C++ and Java plugins.

To add a new Plugin Library to your model, click the add_library_icon button while Plugin Libraries is selected or right-click Plugin Libraries in the tree and select Add Plugin Library:

Adding a plugin library

To add a Plugin Library, enter the Library Name and the destination file:

Adding plugin library details

Then you can add any of the available plugins to the newly created Library by using the add_library_icon button or by right-clicking on the Plugin Library in the tree and selecting Add:

Adding a plugin to a library
Adding a plugin to a library

When a Plugin is selected, you can set all the configuration of each different plugin language in the Structured view:

Setting plugin configuration in the Structured view

See Plugin Management (Configuration) in the RTI Routing Service User’s Manual for more information on the configuration available for each plugin language.