Codex
Plug-Ins are collections of executables (DLLs, configuration files) which
implement data compression and decompression functionality for the archive
types they support. Each Codex Plug-In exposes its functionality in a
way that is meaningful for Codex Applications, which rely on Codex Plug-Ins
to compress and decompress data.
A Codex Plug-In can (de)compress
files inside any archive that it supports. Codex Plug-Ins may support
any number of archive formats, and also provide additional functionality,
specific to each of the archive types they support.
The Codex Plug-In may be thought
of as the actual data (de)compression engine that runs beneath every Codex
Application. The end-user will be communicating with the plug-in through
the Codex Application visual interface, and the plug-in will be processing
all the actual data (de)compression requests received from the application.