Writing Native plugins is pretty simple, but since it's C/C++ it's a bit more
There are currently no C++ bindings and no intention to write them, but the C
API is still usable from C++.
#include <gplugin-native.h> /* This function is called by the native plugin loader to get information about * the plugin. It returns a #GPluginPluginInfo instance that describes the * plugin. If anything goes wrong during this function, @error should be set * via g_set_error() and %NULL should be returned. It must match the * signature of GPluginNativePluginQueryFunc, and it will be passed to * GPLUGIN_NATIVE_PLUGIN_DECLARE which will export it properly. static GPluginPluginInfo * gplugin_native_basic_plugin_query(GError **error) { /* Authors is a list of authors who worked on the plugin. Generally * these are in the "Name Surname <user@domain.com>" format. const gchar * const authors[] = { "Author O <author@example.com>", /* gplugin_plugin_info_new only requires that the id be set, and the * rest are here for demonstration purposes. return gplugin_plugin_info_new( "gplugin/native-basic-plugin", GPLUGIN_NATIVE_PLUGIN_ABI_VERSION, "description", "description", /* This function is called by the native plugin loader when the plugin should * be loaded. It should do any setup that the plugin requires and return %TRUE * if everything was successful. If not, it should set @error with * g_set_error() and return %FALSE. This function needs to match the * signature of GPluginNativePluginLoadFunc, and it will be passed to * GPLUGIN_NATIVE_PLUGIN_DECLARE which will export it properly. gplugin_native_basic_plugin_load(GPluginPlugin *plugin, GError **error) { /* This function is called by the native plugin loader when the plugin should * be unloaded. It should do any clean up that the plugin requires and return * %TRUE if everything was successful. If not, it should set @error with * g_set_error() and return %FALSE. This function needs to match the signature * of GPluginNativePluginUnloadFunc, and it will be passed to * GPLUGIN_NATIVE_PLUGIN_DECLARE which will export it properly. gplugin_native_basic_plugin_unload(GPluginPlugin *plugin, GError *error) { /* This macro does the heavy lifting of making sure to export all of the * symbols correctly as well as add some future proofing for features like * statically linking plugins. It is highly recommended to use this macro * instead of manually exporting the symbols yourself. GPLUGIN_NATIVE_PLUGIN_DECLARE(gplugin_native_basic_plugin)