"ME" <trash.trash@comcast.netREMOVETHIS> wrote in message
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>I am developing a kind of plugin framework that I can use for several
>applications I want to make. In order to identify individual plugins I am
>currently doing something like the code below (example only. Note that the
>host has a collection of IPlugin's from which to look for the ID.).
>Obviously you can tell that each plugin object will have the overhead of
>the ID. The question is, which consumes more overhead? A string object or
>a GUID struct? Should I use a GUID instead?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
> public interface IPlugin
> {
> string ID
> {
> get;
> }
> }
>
>
> public class TestPlugin : IPlugin
> {
> // used to identify this object through the host from
> another object in THIS assembly
> public static readonly string testPlugin =
> "{80369426-3FA8-457e-A0DD-4D8399114088}";
>
> // Used to identify this object through the host from another
> object NOT in this assembly
> Public string ID
> {
> get
> {
> return testPlugin;
> }
> }
> }
>
>

> I am developing a kind of plugin framework that I can use for several
> applications I want to make. In order to identify individual plugins I am
> currently doing something like the code below (example only. Note that
the
> host has a collection of IPlugin's from which to look for the ID.).
> Obviously you can tell that each plugin object will have the overhead of
the
> ID. The question is, which consumes more overhead? A string object or a
> GUID struct? Should I use a GUID instead?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
> public interface IPlugin
> {
> string ID
> {
> get;
> }
> }
>
>
> public class TestPlugin : IPlugin
> {
> // used to identify this object through the host from
another
> object in THIS assembly
> public static readonly string testPlugin =
> "{80369426-3FA8-457e-A0DD-4D8399114088}";
>
> // Used to identify this object through the host from another
> object NOT in this assembly
> Public string ID
> {
> get
> {
> return testPlugin;
> }
> }
> }
>
>