Plugin Development Introduction
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Learn how to extend flync with custom converters and transformations.

Overview
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The plugin system is built around:

- Create custom format converters (especially useful for complex and/or external data formats like ARXML)
- Extend core functionality

Getting Started
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See :doc:`creating_plugin` to get started.

Plugin Architecture
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Each plugin is a self-contained module that implements the converter interface. Plugins follow a standard structure and lifecycle:

1. **Initialization**: Plugin is loaded and configured
2. **Registration**: Plugin registers its capabilities
3. **Execution**: Plugin processes data during conversion
4. **Cleanup**: Resources are released after use

Next Steps
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- :doc:`creating_plugin`
- :doc:`examples`