plugin starter kit

tools/plugin-starter-kit/README

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+This is a tiny example on how Mitsuba plugins can be developed outside of the main codebase.

tools/plugin-starter-kit/SConstruct

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+import os
+
+env = Environment(ENV = os.environ, tools=['default'])
+env['SHLIBPREFIX'] = ''
+env.SharedLibrary('plugins/myutil', ['myutil.cpp'])

tools/plugin-starter-kit/myutil.cpp

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+#include <mitsuba/render/util.h>
+
+MTS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+
+class MyUtility : public Utility {
+public:
+	MyUtility(UtilityServices *us) : Utility(us) { }
+
+	int run(int argc, char **argv) {
+		cout << "Hello world!" << endl;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	MTS_DECLARE_CLASS()
+};
+
+MTS_IMPLEMENT_CLASS(MyUtility, false, Utility)
+MTS_EXPORT_UTILITY(MyUtility, "Example utility")
+MTS_NAMESPACE_END