RE: loadable modules ?

I think that would be very nice feature, and I see several things I can
do with it.
another revolutionary idea - wouldn't it be nice to load the smsc
modules as dynamic libraries ? that way we don't need to build smsc
modules that we're not going to use...

Oded Arbel
m-Wise Inc.
[email protected]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:07 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: loadable modules ?
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I've implemented a sms service type that loads and calls a library
> dynamically (using dlopen).
> 
> The configuration would look something like:
> 
> group = sms-service
> keyword = default
> name =
> "mod"
> # name of function called, append ".so" to get filename    
> (Is it ok to
> use the name property this way? What is the intended purpose of name?)
> load = "this string is passed to the library function %p %P %a"
> # passed to function "mod"
> omit-empty = 1
> 
> The library call protocol is:
> 
> Octstr* func( Msg* msg, Octstr* pattern );          /* return reply
> text, msg == NULL -> library is about to be unloaded. */
> where func is the name specified in the sms-service group.
> 
> 
> The purpose is to offer a way of extending kannel 
> functionallity without
> changing kannel source code.
> It can be considered a plugin architecture for sms service types.
> It is usefull for sms service types that benefit from reusing 
> resources
> having the same lifetime as the process that use it (in my example, a
> mySQL connection).
> 
> Currently the implementation is a bit "hacky" and needs cleaning and
> "packaging" before I can submit it.
> 
> My question is: should I bother? Is there a need/want for this kind of
> thing?
> 
> 
> 
>          /Dennis
> 
>   Dennis Malmström
>   Erda Technology AB
>   S:t Larsgatan 12, 582 24 Linköping, Sweden
>   http://www.erda.se
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