#18 Create plug-in architecture for HTM input processor

[Doug King]

Previous ticket https://sourceforge.net/p/openhtm/todo/13/ decoupled the input stream processor from the rest of the UI and standardized on a input file format.

This ticket is for a plug-in feature so anyone can create an input processor / generator and have it show up in the IDE list for 'input studio' or 'input lab'. Processors can be simple things with a couple of settings, or more complex with a rich UI for experimenting with generation, distortion, noise, etc.

The plug-in framework will be using .NET classes for MEF (Managed Extensiblility Framework) from the System.ComponentModel.Composition and System.ComponentModel.Composition.Hosting namespaces.

A plugin that conforms to our spec will have an input stream reader. Input stream can be a number of sources, file, URL, port, etc. abstracted out as a source. We will need to look in the .NET framework for a stream class or classes that support this.

It will be up to the developer of the plug-in to determine what to do with the input stream, but it will need processes the stream, modify it, etc. and queue it up for the HTM to consume.

Additionally the plug-in would need an optional UI component that can be hosted in our WinForm, and the ability to save / load it's settings in a way that respects / works with our existing project settings scheme.

Please discuss

[Doug King]

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 It will be up to the developer of the plug-in to determine what to do with the input stream, but it will need processes the stream, modify it, etc. and queue it up for the HTM to consume.

 Additionally the plug-in would need an optional UI component that can be hosted in our WinForm, and the ability to save / load it's settings in a way that respects / works with our existing project settings scheme.
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