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authorRobin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>2016-04-12 17:03:44 +0200
committerRobin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>2016-04-12 17:03:44 +0200
commit04c56a0618f668fac288fb2070fcf200a83aebc6 (patch)
treee57202847f903f02073c3b649dd1e3170c41822e /libs/ardour/ardour/plugin.h
parentdd57b33b2692e0a197d486f721eeac8168f9016a (diff)
some strategic documentation
Prevent class descriptions inheriting the doc from PBD:Stateful by adding some specific doc.
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diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/plugin.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/plugin.h
index 087f5968bd..e48201e73c 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/plugin.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/plugin.h
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ typedef boost::shared_ptr<Plugin> PluginPtr;
typedef boost::shared_ptr<PluginInfo> PluginInfoPtr;
typedef std::list<PluginInfoPtr> PluginInfoList;
+/** A plugin is an external module (usually 3rd party provided) loaded into Ardour
+ * for the purpose of digital signal processing.
+ *
+ * This class provides an abstraction for methords provided by
+ * all supported plugin standards such as presets, name, parameters etc.
+ *
+ * Plugins are not used directly in Ardour but always wrapped by a PluginInsert.
+ */
class LIBARDOUR_API Plugin : public PBD::StatefulDestructible, public Latent
{
public: