+#ifndef BABELTRACE_PLUGIN_LIB_H
+#define BABELTRACE_PLUGIN_LIB_H
+
+/*
+ * BabelTrace - Base interface of a Babeltrace Plug-in Library
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015 Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * Author: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <babeltrace/objects.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+struct bt_plugin;
+struct bt_notification;
+
+enum bt_plugin_type {
+ BT_PLUGIN_TYPE_UNKNOWN = -1,
+ /* A source plug-in is a notification generator. */
+ BT_PLUGIN_TYPE_SOURCE = 0,
+ /* A sink plug-in handles incoming notifications. */
+ BT_PLUGIN_TYPE_SINK = 1,
+ /* A filter plug-in implements both SOURCE and SINK interfaces. */
+ BT_PLUGIN_TYPE_FILTER = 2,
+};
+
+/**
+ * Plug-in discovery functions.
+ *
+ * The Babeltrace plug-in architecture mandates that a given plug-in shared
+ * object only define one plug-in. These functions are used to query a plug-in
+ * shared object about its attributes.
+ *
+ * The functions marked as mandatory MUST be exported by the shared object
+ * to be considered a valid plug-in.
+ */
+enum bt_plugin_type bt_plugin_lib_get_type(void);
+const char *bt_plugin_lib_get_format_name(void);
+
+/**
+ * Create a plug-in instance configured with the provided parameters.
+ *
+ * @param params Map object of configuration parameters
+ * @returns An instance of the plug-in
+ */
+struct bt_plugin *bt_plugin_lib_create(struct bt_object *params);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* BABELTRACE_PLUGIN_H */