Package com.luciad.lucy.addons

package com.luciad.lucy.addons

Provides the classes that define the interface for add-ons and how they are created.

Add-ons are the basic building blocks of Lucy that contribute functionality to Lucy. This functionality goes from adding support for a certain data format to adding certain elements to the user interface.

Please refer to the Lucy Developer Guide for more information about add-ons, how they interact with Lucy and how you can implement your own add-ons.

Related Packages

Package	Description
com.luciad.lucy	This package contains the core of Lucy: the back-end, which is the central point of Lucy where addons can add functionality to extend Lucy, and the default front-end.

Class	Description
ALcyAddOn	An ALcyAddOn is the basic block in Lucy for contributing functionality.
ALcyDefaultAddOn	Deprecated. Use ALcyAddOn instead and move the logic provided by ILcyAddOnDecoder to the plugInto method
ALcyFormatAddOn	Extension of ALcyPreferencesAddOn that is also equipped with an ALcyFormat.
ALcyPreferencesAddOn	ALcyAddOn that is equipped with a TLcyPreferencesTool to read its preferences from the set configuration file.
ILcyAddOnDecoder	Deprecated. All this logic can be placed in the ALcyAddOn.plugInto(com.luciad.lucy.ILcyLucyEnv) and ALcyAddOn.unplugFrom(com.luciad.lucy.ILcyLucyEnv) methods.