.. _interface-analysis_drivers-plugin:

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plugin
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Dynamically load a plugin analysis driver


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   interface-analysis_drivers-plugin-library_path


**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* None


**Child Keywords:**

+-------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Required/Optional       | Description of     | Dakota Keyword     | Dakota Keyword Description                    |
|                         | Group              |                    |                                               |
+=========================+====================+====================+===============================================+
| Required                                     | `library_path`__   | Path to the plugin shared object file         |
+----------------------------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+

.. __: interface-analysis_drivers-plugin-library_path.html



**Description**


Dakota 6.16 allows for run-time loading of a C++ or Python plugin
analysis driver as a shared object file.

Python plugins support batch evaluations ( :dakkw:`interface-batch`)
through a list of dictionaries.



**Examples**


See ``dakota/src/plugins`` and ``dakota/share/dakota/test/dakota_plugin``.in
for C++ and Python demos. These have only been tested on Linux.