Otto Fowler created PLC4X-251:
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             Summary: PLC4PY -> Boostrap Pluggy / Entry point / Extensions for 
driver discovery and loading
                 Key: PLC4X-251
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PLC4X-251
             Project: Apache PLC4X
          Issue Type: New Feature
            Reporter: Otto Fowler


Python does not have the service provider API like java for loading drivers, 
but setup tools does support declarative methods to register plugins.

Along with the pluggy project, this will give the ability to load drivers as 
plugins.
This is also supported by poetry.
This will allow 3rd parties to provide driver support ( or other extensions 
should we want to support them ) just through their installations.

We will need a follow on to document writing an external package and supporting 
this.

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/PLC4X/Project+Setup
https://dev.to/demianbrecht/entry-points-in-python-34i3
https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/writing_plugins.html#pip-installable-plugins
https://python-poetry.org/docs/pyproject/#plugins



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