Summary

• Title: Notify plugins when data in the KDB changes
• Scope: Configuration/Logging
• Level: Developer goal
• Actors: Plugin developer
• Brief: Some plugins are only executed when something changed in the KDB and as an input receive the keys that changed in their old and new state.

Scenarios

• Precondition:
  • Something in the KDB changed
  • A plugin listening to such a hook is enabled
• Main success scenario: After a change in the KDB the plugin(s) listening on the hooks are notified
• Alternative scenario: -
• Error scenario: -
• Postcondition: -
• Non-functional Constraints:
  • Determining which plugin(s) listen on this hook should not noticably slow down Elektra