eREZ PLUGIN DEVELOPMENT

What is an eRez Plug-in

An eRez plug-in is an easily installed piece of software that adds extra features to the Image Server. In eRez, a plugin consists of Java-code that you can add to the Image Server.

An example of an eRez plug-in is the JPEG to TIFF Converter Plug-in (included in download package).

When a new JPEG-image is added to the image server the plug-in is notified by an event handler and the plug-in becomes aware of the event type. If the image – in this case – is a newly uploaded JPEG file the plug-in converts the JPEG-image to a TIFF-image.

You can configure an unlimited number of plug-ins that each has a special purpose and assignment.
An eRez plug-in is an easily installed piece of software that adds extra features to the Image Server. In eRez, a plugin consists of Java-code that you can add to the Image Server.

Usage Examples

Imagine you have to be sure of that your images match a certain filename or folder structure.
This could be the case if you have a financial system retrieving images by e.g. product numbers. This means there must be 1-to-1 coexistence between the image names and product names.

Whenever the image is renamed or a new image is uploaded the plug-in should check the pattern of the name and will perform a lookup in the database to see if there is a corresponding product number. If not, the user should be notified so he or she can correct the mistake.

Another example of an automating task is when you want to ensure that nothing is published before it is acknowledged by a supervisor. In this case the supervisor must be notified when an image is changed in order to approve it.

See the complete plug-in list.