In this section, you will gain an understanding of how the plugin API, its interface, and the MySQL services interact with one another and provide extensions in MySQL 8. The plugins are also considered as components in the MySQL 8 architecture, and therefore you can use them to provide pluggable features. The plugin API and the plugin services interfaces have the following differences:
- The plugin API enables plugins that will be used by the server. The calling and invoking of plugins is initiated by the server, so the plugins can extend the server's functionality or can register themselves in order to receive server processing notifications.
- The plugin services interface allows plugins to call the server code. The calling and invoking of service functions is initiated by the plugins so that the same server functionality...
