OpenWGA 7.10 - OpenWGA Concepts and Features

Instead of using a plugin like a regular app or in one of the predefined usage scenarios plugins also may choose to only provide any resource to the rest of the system. This may be WebTML/Script modules, files in file containers,  a TMLScript global or any of the resources described in Extending OpenWGA. 

Mostly these are resources used for programming other OpenWGA designs. They provide a special functionality that is often used in OpenWGA development, like the implementation of a frequently used task or a UI interface library. Many default plugins of OpenWGA fall into this category, like the "WGA Application Framework", the "Application UI Interface Library".

At other times these plugins are extending the core capabilities of OpenWGA, like giving access to additional data sources, allowing the usage of additional authentication backends or add additional services. The "OpenWGA Enterprise Plugin" is such a plugin which adds the functionality of the OpenWGA Enterprise Edition, but also the "OpenWGA Web Services XFire Server", which adds the SOAP web service to the OpenWGA runtime..

The necessary settings in design configuration depend on the resource that should be provided. For adding Java functionalities like JAR libraries and modules to OpenWGA a plugin does not need any special setting. But if the resources that should be provided need to be published to be available, like CSS/JavaScript modules or files in file containers that should be loadable by browsers, then you should follow the instructions for configuring a plugin application.