The Manager and Worker classes

The Manager class is a Beatrix manager which enables the plugin architecture. It has its own plugin manager into which we can add our plugins. It also comes with a number of plugins already added.

The Worker class is the corresponding implementation of a worker netlet, and has a similar plugin design. It has a plugin manager with several plugins already there.

Figure: Plugins provided (and implemented) by the Manager and Worker classes.
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We can see in Figure [*] what plugins are provided by the Manager and Worker. That figure also shows us that those plugins are actually implemented by the Manager and Worker.

Nik Silver 2002-03-09