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CentraSite Control Pluggable Architecture

This document describes CentraSite Control's pluggable architecture. Using this architecture, you can extend CentraSite Control's functionality by adding your own features with appropriate graphical user interfaces and Java classes.

The document contains the following sections:

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Introduction

This section gives an overview of the pluggable architecture and indicates the areas of functionality in which user-defined plug-ins can be added.

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Customizing the Welcome Page

This section describes the available extension points for the CentraSite Control Welcome page, as well as the Java classes and methods that you need to implement in order to plug in to the extension points.

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Customizing Content Pages

This section describes the available extension points for the CentraSite Control content pages, as well as the Java classes and methods that you need to implement in order to plug in to the extension points.

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Setting the Preferred Plug-in and Order of Plug-ins

This section describes how to set a preferred extension point when you invoke the user interface.

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Installing and Uninstalling Plug-ins

This section describes how to install and uninstall plug-ins.

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Special and Advanced Topics

This section describes topics of particular interest to advanced users.

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Javadoc Documentation of the APIs

This section summarizes the Javadoc documentation for the Java classes and methods that define the extension points.

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Appendix A: Step-by-Step Guide

This section gives you step-by-step instructions on how to create, install and use sample plug-ins.

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