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SLExtend, an open architecture implementation

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SLExtend is a haXelibrary which has all you need to **implement a plugin system in your haXe application**. It is focussed on the **clearness of the application code** and on the **simplicity for plugin developers**.

It manages interactions between plugins and a host application, making it elegant and efficient to alter the initial behavior of the host application from within a plugin. And it handles type conversions so that the plugins can be in native languages such as pure javascript, actionscript or php.

This library brings modularity into any preexisting application, thus allowing new features to be implemented as plugins instead of being hard-coded. It is adapted for applications relying on third-party extensions as well as component-based applications.

SLExtend is an original implementation of an open architecture. This is an alternative to the classic hooks and filters approach, since there is no new concept to learn for the plugin developer, and there is not a list of hook names to maintain and to be aware of.

Plugins being a major component of Silex, expect the SLExtends library to be released at the same time.

Links
SLExtend project home
SLExtend source code
SLExtend developer wiki