Plugin Classes

These Qt Core classes deal with shared libraries, (for example, .so and DLL files), and with Qt plugins.

See the How to Create Qt Plugins page for more information.

QLibrary	Loads shared libraries at runtime
Defining Plugins	The <QtPlugin> header file defines macros for defining plugins.
QPluginLoader	Loads a plugin at run-time
QAccessiblePlugin	Abstract base class for plugins provinding accessibility information for user interface elements
QIconEnginePlugin	Abstract base for custom QIconEngine plugins
QImageIOPlugin	Defines an interface for writing an image format plugin
QGenericPlugin	Abstract base class for plugins
QGenericPluginFactory	Creates plugin drivers
QStylePlugin	Abstract base for custom QStyle plugins
QQmlExtensionPlugin	Abstract base for custom QML extension plugins