This is a future release to augment the plug-in as part of a Joomla component.

The plug-in(s) will be separate entities capable of existing in their own right or as part of the component. If the plug-in is a stand alone it will use the specified plug-in parameter settings. If the component is installed then the component parameters are used in the plug-in. There is check within the plug-in (Release 0.0.4 and above) to determine whether the component is installed and if it is, to use the component parameters. This makes sense since if the plug-in is installed via the component there would be no plug-in parameters per sec, since the component install does not need them. This also means that when the component is installed it takes over control of parameter settings completely.

When the component is installed the plug-in is also be installed. If it already exists it would be over written. Likewise when the component is uninstalled the plug-in is also uninstalled. In the situation where the site installed the component and then decides they only want the plug-in, the plug-in would need to be installed again after the component is uninstalled.

On the component install the latest version of the plug-in compatible with the component is installed. Any prior setting for a stand alone version of the plug-in are lost and would need to be set in the component. The underlying tables and their data would however remain.