-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-struct bt_notification;
-
-struct bt_component {
- struct bt_ctf_ref ref_count;
- GString *name;
- enum bt_plugin_type type;
- /** No ownership taken */
- FILE *error_stream;
-
- void *user_data;
- bt_plugin_destroy_cb user_data_destroy;
- bt_plugin_destroy_cb destroy;
+/**
+ * Plug-ins are owned by bt_component_factory and the bt_component_class-es
+ * it provides. This means that its lifetime bound by either the component
+ * factory's, or the concrete components' lifetime which may be in use and which
+ * have hold a reference to their bt_component_class which, in turn, have a
+ * reference to their plugin.
+ *
+ * This ensures that a plugin's library is not closed while it is being used
+ * even if the bt_component_factory, which created its components, is destroyed.
+ */
+struct bt_plugin {
+ struct bt_object base;
+ const char *name;
+ const char *author;
+ const char *license;
+ bt_plugin_init_func init;
+ bt_plugin_exit_func exit;
+ GModule *module;