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Specifying Start and Close Functions
146 Netscape Directory Server Plug-In Programmer’s Guide • December 2003
plugin matchingrule on “my matching rule plugin” /usr/ns/myplugin.so
my_init_fn
Specifying Start and Close Functions
For each matching rule operation plug-in, you can specify the name of a function to
be called after the server starts and before the server is shut down. These functions
take a single
Slapi_PBlock
argument.
The following table summarizes the different parameters that the initialization
function should get and set in the parameter block that is passed in:
If you register multiple plug-ins with different start and close functions, the
functions are called in the order that the plug-ins are registered (in other words, in
the order that the
plugin
directives appear in the server configuration file).
Table 11-8 Input and output parameters available to a matching rule plug-in initialization function
Parameter Name Data Type Description
SLAPI_PLUGIN_START_FN void *
(function pointer)
(Output parameter) The function
called after the Directory Server starts
up.
SLAPI_PLUGIN_CLOSE_FN void *
(function pointer)
(Output parameter) The function
called before the Directory Server
shuts down.