Create the plugin.properties file

When the Enabler loads extensions in runtime, it reads the plugin.properties file of each extension. The Enabler may gather information such as the extension name, version, implementation class, and distribution dependencies from this file. Create a plugin.properties file, such as the example below.

product=MyName_BWPlugin

version=1.0. 0

TIBCO_ActiveMatrix_BW_Distribution=(5.9.2, 7.0.0]

The following checks must be done on your plugin.properties file:

  • The product defines the name of the plug-in that appears in the Component Wizard UI.
  • The version value is the version of the plug-in.

  • The name, shown above as TIBCO_ActiveMatrix_BW_Distribution, must match the name of the BusinessWorks distribution grid library to be used with the plug-in. You can verify the grid-library-name of the TIBCO product distribution by opening the grid-library.xml file present in the TIBCO product distribution compressed file, which you have chosen to use with your plug-in.

    Note: You can specify the supported versions for the plug-in distribution by using square brackets [] to indicate a version is inclusive, or parenthesis () to indicate that the version number is exclusive. The above example indicates that the MyName_BWPlugin works with TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Distributions, which are greater than 5.9.2 and upto 7.0.0 version