Question

I want to compose my plugins with MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) and run them in a separate process with MAF (Managed AddIn Framework).

So

• First, is it possible?
• Then, if possible how? (Any small example will be great.)

How can MEF and MAF work together and complement each other?

Make Myself More Specific:

Well i do not want to write Pipeline in MAF…

I just want to use ease of MEF to create plugins and use isolation of MAF to run each plugin as a separete process…

I check http://kentb.blogspot.com/2009/02/maf-and-mef.html site but he also write pipeline…

Answer 1

Your question is very general… short answer: yes, this is possible.

As for some useful resources (with some sample source etc.):

• http://web.archive.org/web/20140114182810/http://kentb.blogspot.com/2009/02/maf-and-mef.html
• http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-AU/wpf/thread/cda7966e-9e81-4242-b613-129be6018f19
• http://www.slideshare.net/infusiondev/mef-deep-dive
• http://mrpfister.com/journal/mef-maf-and-all-c-plugins-in-between/
• http://emcpadden.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/managed-extensibility-framework-and-others/