Provides core support for plug-ins and the plug-in registry.

Package Specification

This package specifies the API related to running the platform itself. This includes area such as the definition and management of plug-ins and the starting, stopping and maintaining the platform itself. In addition, this API supplies various utility types such as Path, IPath and various flavours of progress monitors.

Clients writing plug-ins or accessing plug-in functionality will likely be interested in the types provided by this package.