Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api

Implement `BNAddOptionalPluginDependency` for Python API

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Description

What is the feature you'd like to have?
Please implement the equivalent to BNAddOptionalPluginDependency for the Python API.

Is your feature request related to a problem?
Two problems:

  1. If I make a workflow plugin, I want to make sure that I can wait until another workflow plugin has already cloned metaanalysis so that I can then clone metaanalysis.
  2. If I make any plugin, I want to be able to wait for another official, community, or local plugin to load in the case that I need to import functions, classes, APIs from those plugins.

Are any alternative solutions acceptable?
Will try to hack something, but I don't know of an alternative now.

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Research direction

Start by locating the existing BNAddOptionalPluginDependency API and the Python API binding or plugin-dependency entry points in this repository. Compare the current native behavior with the Python-facing API, then define completion as Python plugins being able to wait for the named dependency to load, with coverage for both workflow and general plugin use cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, python
Domain
devtools, reverse-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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