iplugincompatibility.h File Reference

#include "ibstream.h"

Classes
class	IPluginCompatibility
	optional interface to query the compatibility of the plug-ins classes More...

Namespaces
namespace	Steinberg
	This header provides classes for working with FUnknown.

Macros
#define	kPluginCompatibilityClass   "Plugin Compatibility Class"
	moduleinfo.json More...

Macro Definition Documentation

kPluginCompatibilityClass

#define kPluginCompatibilityClass   "Plugin Compatibility Class"

moduleinfo.json

The moduleinfo.json describes the contents of the plug-in in a JSON5 compatible format (See https://json5.org/). It contains the factory info (see PFactoryInfo), the contained classes (see PClassInfo), the included snapshots and a list of compatibility of the included classes.

An example moduleinfo.json:

{
  "Name": "",
  "Version": "1.0",
  "Factory Info": {
    "Vendor": "Steinberg Media Technologies",
    "URL": "http://www.steinberg.net",
    "E-Mail": "mailto:info@steinberg.de",
    "Flags": {
      "Unicode": true,
      "Classes Discardable": false,
      "Component Non Discardable": false,
    },
  },
  "Compatibility": [
    {
        "New": "B9F9ADE1CD9C4B6DA57E61E3123535FD",
        "Old": [
          "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA", // just an example
          "BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB", // another example
        ],
    },
  ],
  "Classes": [
    {
      "CID": "B9F9ADE1CD9C4B6DA57E61E3123535FD",
      "Category": "Audio Module Class",
      "Name": "AGainSimple VST3",
      "Vendor": "Steinberg Media Technologies",
      "Version": "1.3.0.1",
      "SDKVersion": "VST 3.7.4",
      "Sub Categories": [
        "Fx",
      ],
      "Class Flags": 0,
      "Cardinality": 2147483647,
      "Snapshots": [
      ],
    },
  ],
}