Register a plugin-in with IBM MQ Explorer

How to use the register extension point to register a plugin-in with IBM® MQ Explorer and enable notify events.

The register extension point is used for the following:
  • To allow your plug-in to register itself with the IBM MQ Explorer. Every plug-in for the IBM MQ Explorer must include this extension point in plugin.xml. With out it, any function your plug-in adds to the IBM MQ Explorer will not be activated.
  • To enable notify events.
The following code extract is taken from the file, plugin.xml, from the simple plug-in and shows a basic implementation of the register extension point:

<extension
	  id="com.ibm.mq.explorer.sample.simple"
	  name="Simple Sample"
	  point="com.ibm.mq.explorer.ui.registerplugin">
	<pluginDetails
		 pluginId="com.ibm.mq.explorer.sample.simple"
		 name="Simple"
		 class="com.ibm.mq.explorer.sample.simple.SimpleNotify"
		 enabledByDefault="true"
		 description="a very simple sample plug-in to Explorer"
		 vendor="IBM">
	</pluginDetails>
</extension>