Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of docs_architecture

Timestamp:

Feb 20, 2011, 9:35:52 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

Matthias Vogelgesang

Comment:

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docs_architecture

@@ -29 +29 @@
   * Filtering
   * Back-projection
+* Laminography-related
 
 == Design ==
@@ -58 +59 @@
 === Plugins ===
 
-A plugin is a shared object with well-defined entry functions and a set of filter functions. A plugin must provide
+A plugin is a shared object with well-defined entry functions and a set of filter functions. The main purpose is interfacing with other graphics processing libraries or languages without having access to the sources of the core library, for example
 
-* `plugin_init(void)` initializing the plugin if needed,
-* `plugin_destroy(void)` freeing any structures created by the plugin,
-* `plugin_get_filter_names(void)` returning an array of filter names that are provided by the plugins and are also the corresponding function names to call,
-* `plugin_get_filter_description(char *filter_name)` returning a human-readable description of the purpose of filter `filter_name` and
+* OpenCV,
+* ImageMagick.
+
+A plugin must provide
+
+* `plugin_init(void)` to initialize the plugin if needed,
+* `plugin_destroy(void)` to free any structures created by the plugin,
+* `plugin_get_filter_names(void)` to return an array of filter names that are provided by the plugins and are also the corresponding function names to call,
+* `plugin_get_filter_description(char *filter_name)` to return a human-readable description of the purpose of filter `filter_name` and
 * `filter_foo(char *data, int32_t width, int32_t height, int32_t bytes_per_pixel)` to call the filter.