= Adding component to the XML file =

Let us suppose that we have just created a component ```MyComponent``` compiled to the library file called ```MyComponent.dll``` (release, Windows), ```MyComponent_.dll``` (debug, Windows), ```libMyComponent.so``` (release, Linux) or ```libMyComponent_.so``` (debug, Linux).

Our XML file should look like:
{{{#!xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<pacpus>
    <components>
        <!-- other components -->

        <component name="mycomp" type="MyComponent" />
    </components>
        
    <connections>
        <!-- connections -->
    </connections>
    
    <!-- Windows (release) -->
    <plugins prefix="" postfix="" extension="dll">
        <plugin lib="MyComponent" />
        <!-- other plugins (libraries) -->
    </plugins>
    
    <parameters>
    </parameters>
</pacpus>
}}}

== Plugin prefix, postfix, extension ==

To facilitate changing between various systems and build versions, you can specify ```prefix```, ```postfix``` as well as ```extension```  for the library files in the ```plugins``` node.
You will find some examples below.

Windows release:
{{{#!xml
    <plugins prefix="" postfix="" extension="dll">
        <plugin lib="MyComponent" />
        <!-- other plugins (libraries) -->
    </plugins>
}}}

Windows debug:
{{{#!xml
    <plugins prefix="" postfix="_d" extension="dll">
        <plugin lib="MyComponent" />
        <!-- other plugins (libraries) -->
    </plugins>
}}}

Linux release:
{{{#!xml
    <plugins prefix="lib" postfix="" extension="so">
        <plugin lib="MyComponent" />
        <!-- other plugins (libraries) -->
    </plugins>
}}}

Linux debug:
{{{#!xml
    <plugins prefix="lib" postfix="_d" extension="so">
        <plugin lib="MyComponent" />
        <!-- other plugins (libraries) -->
    </plugins>
}}}