Plugin Classes

These Qt Core classes deal with shared libraries, (for example, .so and DLL files), and with Qt plugins.

See the How to Create Qt Plugins page for more information.

<QtPlugin>	File defines macros for defining plugins
QAccessiblePlugin	Abstract base class for plugins provinding accessibility information for user interface elements
QGenericPlugin	Abstract base class for plugins
QGenericPluginFactory	Creates plugin drivers
QIconEnginePlugin	Abstract base for custom QIconEngine plugins
QImageIOPlugin	Defines an interface for writing an image format plugin
QLibrary	Loads shared libraries at runtime
QPluginLoader	Loads a plugin at run-time
QQmlEngineExtensionPlugin	Abstract base for custom QML extension plugins
QQmlExtensionPlugin	Abstract base for custom QML extension plugins with custom type registration functions
QSqlDriverPlugin	Abstract base for custom QSqlDriver plugins
QStylePlugin	Abstract base for custom QStyle plugins

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