What's the difference between hopper and manual drop feeding?

What's the difference between hopper and manual drop feeding?


Feeding begins when Ranger calls your plug-in's StartFeeding() function.  Below are the actions that your plug-in must take in different scenarios.

When feeding from the Main or Merge Hopper:

No items in the feeder:
  1. Call PluginBase::FeedingStopped(MainHopperEmpty)
Feeder becomes empty:
  1. Call PluginBase::FeedingStopped(MainHopperEmpty)
Jam or other error:
  1. Call PluginBase::FeedingStopped(ExceptionDetected)
The number of items fed is equal to the requested feed count in StartFeeding(FeedSource, FeedCount):
  1. Call PluginBase::FeedingStopped(FeedRequestFinished)


When feeding from the Manual Drop:

No items in the feeder:
  1. Wait for items to be placed in the feeder
Feeder becomes empty:
  1. Wait for items to be placed in the feeder
Jam or other error:
  1. Call PluginBase::FeedingStopped(ExceptionDetected)
The number of items fed is equal to the requested feed count in StartFeeding(FeedSource, FeedCount):
  1. Call PluginBase::FeedingStopped(FeedRequestFinished)
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