From 795a38c60dc57f03ee68fa4ffdc0b9fb00031b3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@cs.cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:28:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] plugin starter kit

---
 tools/plugin-starter-kit/README     |  1 +
 tools/plugin-starter-kit/SConstruct |  5 +++++
 tools/plugin-starter-kit/myutil.cpp | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/plugin-starter-kit/README
 create mode 100644 tools/plugin-starter-kit/SConstruct
 create mode 100644 tools/plugin-starter-kit/myutil.cpp

diff --git a/tools/plugin-starter-kit/README b/tools/plugin-starter-kit/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a513417b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/plugin-starter-kit/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a tiny example on how Mitsuba plugins can be developed outside of the main codebase.
diff --git a/tools/plugin-starter-kit/SConstruct b/tools/plugin-starter-kit/SConstruct
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d44fe19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/plugin-starter-kit/SConstruct
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
+env = Environment(ENV = os.environ, tools=['default'])
+env['SHLIBPREFIX'] = ''
+env.SharedLibrary('plugins/myutil', ['myutil.cpp'])
diff --git a/tools/plugin-starter-kit/myutil.cpp b/tools/plugin-starter-kit/myutil.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a835187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/plugin-starter-kit/myutil.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#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