[gdal-dev] Proxy vs Real Driver in GDAL

[John Smith]

Hello

Can anyone explain the concept of proxy driver and real driver in GDAL? I am looking at the link https://gdal.org/en/stable/development/rfc/rfc96_deferred_plugin_loading.html

Say I create an external plugin of some data format for e.g. say JP2 and then some Geospatial server loads my plugin file.


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In this scenario I think the geospatial driver needs GDAL libs as well?
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Now what is the proxy driver and what is real driver in this context? Is the real driver inside GDAL or inside my plugin?
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What is the proxy driver in context of question (b)



Please clarify me so that I have clear picture in my mind.

BR
John

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