Method for Initializing an Electronic System Comprising Several Plug-Ins

A communications protocol for execution on at least one computing device of an electronic system (1), comprising at least one base interface (2) and several module-like plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) connected to it, during the initialization of the electronic system (1), wherein the communications protocol is programmed in such a way that

• in initializing the electronic system (1), the plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) provide information to the base interface (2) regarding:
• + at least one functionality implemented by the respective plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n);
• quantities required by the respective plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) for implementing the at least one functionality;
• quantities provided by the respective plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) following the implementation of the at least one functionality,
• the base interface (2) provides information to the individual plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) regarding:
• which of the remaining plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) provides a quantity required by the plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n), and
• a corresponding reference to the plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) providing the quantity is stored in the plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) that requires the quantity.

A computer program for execution on a computing device of a data processing system, the computer program comprising at least one base interface (2) and several plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) connected to it, wherein

• in initializing the computer program, the plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) provide information to the base interface (2) regarding:
• at least one functionality implemented by the respective plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n),
• quantities required by the respective plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) for implementing the at least one functionality, and
• quantities provided by the respective plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) following the implementation of the at least one functionality;
• the base interface (2) provides information to the individual plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) regarding:
• which of the remaining plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) provides a quantity required by the plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n);
• and
• a corresponding reference to the plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) providing the quantity is stored in the plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) that requires the quantity.

An electronic system (1) having a computing device for executing a communications protocol, the electronic system (1) comprising at least one base interface (2) and several module-like plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) connected to it, wherein

• in the process of initializing the electronic system (1), the plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) provide the base interface (2) with information regarding:
• at least one functionality implemented by the respective plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n);
• quantities required by the respective plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) for implementing the at least one functionality;
• quantities provided by the respective plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) following the implementation of the at least one functionality,
• the base interface (2) provides information to the individual plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) regarding:
• which of the remaining plug-ins (3.1, . . . 3.n) provides a quantity required by the plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n), and
• a corresponding reference to the plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) providing the quantity is stored in the plug-in (3.1, . . . 3.n) that requires the quantity.