What is the job of auto generated file plugin.c in plugin/amf folder?

Question

I am writing a plugin for amf. The following file is auto generated.

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/*
 * Do not modify this file.
 *
 * It is created automatically by Makefile or Makefile.nmake.
 */
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
include "config.h"
#endif
#include <gmodule.h>
#include "moduleinfo.h"
#ifndef ENABLE_STATIC
G_MODULE_EXPORT const gchar version[] = VERSION;
/* Start the functions we need for the plugin stuff */
G_MODULE_EXPORT void
plugin_register (void)
{
{extern void proto_register_amf (void); proto_register_amf ();}
}
G_MODULE_EXPORT void
plugin_reg_handoff(void)
{
{extern void proto_reg_handoff_amf (void); proto_reg_handoff_amf ();}
}
#endif
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What is the job of this file?

Accepted Answer

This autogenerated file forms the interface between the specific dissector code you can write and the Wireshark plugin infrastructure. This is the interface that the Wireshark plugin registration code looks for when loading your plugin.