private:

// private data class pattern

class PrivateData;

PrivateData* d;

public:

// default constructor

// construct Plugin from given path

explicit PluginBase(const std::filesystem::path& path);

~PluginBase() override;

public:

int apiLevel() const override;

// get path to plugin

std::filesystem::path path() const override;

// get plugin type

PLUGIN_TYPE pluginType() const override;

std::string pluginTypeString() const override;

// run plugin

int run(const std::filesystem::path& appDirPath) override;