Plugin System and the Home Directory

It is possible for developers to plugin in their own providers, formatters and writers to the Data Synthesis system by loading the user added components from the ODSYNTH_HOME directory. The ODSYNTH_HOME is specified by setting the environment variable ODSYNTH_HOME:

export ODSYNTH_HOME=./sample_home_folder

An ODSYNTH Home folder is expected to have the following subfolders the various developer plugins:

• providers for user added providers

• formatters for user added formatters

• writers for user added writers