Plugin Framework Exploration

A small test environment with a javascript engine, and javascript commands implemented in dotnet using a simple plugin framework.

Main Ideas

• Dotnet project that executes simple JavaScript files.
• New commands for JS are implemented in c# using a simple plugin framework.
• Project purpose is to explore reflection and source code generation.

How-To

1. Create a plugin by extending the IJSOperation interface.

2. Create a JS script in the scripts folder.

3. Run and enter the name of your script when the system promts for it.

That's it! If you did everything correctly the system will execute your script.

Notes

• The Execute method does not return any value, but a return value can be defined by adding the Output attribute to a property, and assigning to this property before returning from the Execute method.

• Input parameters can be defined by tagging properties with the Input property. These properties will be set by the framework before running the Execute method.

• The Name property determines the name of the function that is visible from JS.

• Plugins must be defined using the partial keyword.

• You can use console.log in your script to print output to the screen.

Roadmap

• Refactor the source generator
• Add support for non-primitive types