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* Copyright 2010 by Ryan Rix <ry@n.rix.si>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
* License along with this program; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef PLUGIN_LOADER_H
#define PLUGIN_LOADER_H
#include <plasma/plasma.h>
#include <kplugininfo.h>
namespace Plasma {
class Applet;
class DataEngine;
class Service;
class AbstractRunner;
class PluginLoaderPrivate;
//TODO:
// * add support for ContainmentActions plugins
// * add KPluginInfo listing support for Containments (already loaded via the applet loading code)
/**
* This is an abstract base class which defines an interface to which Plasma's
* Applet Loading logic can communicate with a parent application. The plugin loader
* must be set before any plugins are loaded, otherwise (for safety reasons), the
* default PluginLoader implementation will be used. The reimplemented version should
* not do more than simply returning a loaded plugin. It should not init() it, and it should not
* hang on to it. The associated methods will be called only when a component of Plasma
* needs to load a _new_ plugin. (e.g. DataEngine does its own caching).
*
* @author Ryan Rix <ry@n.rix.si>
* @since 4.6
**/
class PLASMA_EXPORT PluginLoader
{
public:
PluginLoader();
virtual ~PluginLoader();
/**
* Load an Applet plugin.
*
* @param name the plugin name, as returned by KPluginInfo::pluginName()
* @param appletId unique ID to assign the applet, or zero to have one
* assigned automatically.
* @param args to send the applet extra arguments
* @return a pointer to the loaded applet, or 0 on load failure
**/
Applet *loadApplet(const QString &name, uint appletId = 0,
const QVariantList &args = QVariantList());
/**
* Load a DataEngine plugin.
*
* @param name the name of the engine
* @return the DataEngine that was loaded, or the NullEngine on failure.
**/
DataEngine *loadDataEngine(const QString &name);
/**
* Load a Runner plugin
*
* @return the Runner that was loaded, or 0 on failure.
*/
AbstractRunner *loadRunner(const QString &name);
/**
* Load a Service plugin.
*
* @param name the plugin name of the service to load
* @param args a list of arguments to supply to the service plugin when loading it
* @param parent the parent object, if any, for the service
*
* @return a Service object, unlike Plasma::Service::loadService, this can return null.
**/
Service *loadService(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args, QObject *parent = 0);
/**
* Returns a list of all known applets.
* This may skip applets based on security settings and ExcludeCategories in the application's config.
*
* @param category Only applets matchin this category will be returned.
* Useful in conjunction with knownCategories.
* If "Misc" is passed in, then applets without a
* Categories= entry are also returned.
* If an empty string is passed in, all applets are
* returned.
* @param parentApp the application to filter applets on. Uses the
* X-KDE-ParentApp entry (if any) in the plugin info.
* The default value of QString() will result in a
* list containing only applets not specifically
* registered to an application.
* @return list of applets
**/
KPluginInfo::List listAppletInfo(const QString &category, const QString &parentApp = QString());
/**
* Returns a list of all known DataEngines.
*
* @param parentApp the application to filter applets on. Uses the
* X-KDE-ParentApp entry (if any) in the plugin info.
* The default value of QString() will result in a
* list containing only applets not specifically
* registered to an application.
* @return list of DataEngines
**/
KPluginInfo::List listDataEngineInfo(const QString &parentApp = QString());
/**
* Returns a list of all known Runner implementations
*
* @param parentApp the application to filter applets on. Uses the
* X-KDE-ParentApp entry (if any) in the plugin info.
* The default value of QString() will result in a
* list containing only applets not specifically
* registered to an application.
* @return list of AbstractRunners
**/
KPluginInfo::List listRunnerInfo(const QString &parentApp = QString());
/**
* Set the plugin loader which will be queried for all loads.
*
* @param loader A subclass of PluginLoader which will be supplied
* by the application
**/
static void setPluginLoader(PluginLoader* loader);
/**
* Return the active plugin loader
**/
static PluginLoader* pluginLoader();
protected:
/**
* A re-implementable method that allows subclasses to override
* the default behaviour of loadApplet. If the applet requested is not recognized,
* then the implementation should return a NULL pointer. This method is called
* by loadApplet prior to attempting to load an applet using the standard Plasma
* plugin mechanisms.
*
* @param name the plugin name, as returned by KPluginInfo::pluginName()
* @param appletId unique ID to assign the applet, or zero to have one
* assigned automatically.
* @param args to send the applet extra arguments
* @return a pointer to the loaded applet, or 0 on load failure
**/
virtual Applet *internalLoadApplet(const QString &name, uint appletId = 0,
const QVariantList &args = QVariantList());
/**
* A re-implementable method that allows subclasses to override
* the default behaviour of loadRunner. If the runner requested is not recognized,
* then the implementation should return a NULL pointer. This method is called
* by loadRunner prior to attempting to load a DataEgine using the standard Plasma
* plugin mechanisms.
*
* @param name the name of the engine
* @return the data engine that was loaded, or the NullEngine on failure.
**/
virtual AbstractRunner *internalLoadRunner(const QString &name);
/**
* A re-implementable method that allows subclasses to override
* the default behaviour of loadDataEngine. If the engine requested is not recognized,
* then the implementation should return a NULL pointer. This method is called
* by loadDataEngine prior to attempting to load a DataEgine using the standard Plasma
* plugin mechanisms.
*
* @param name the name of the engine
* @return the data engine that was loaded, or the NullEngine on failure.
**/
virtual DataEngine *internalLoadDataEngine(const QString &name);
/**
* A re-implementable method that allows subclasses to override
* the default behaviour of loadService. If the service requested is not recognized,
* then the implementation should return a NULL pointer. This method is called
* by loadService prior to attempting to load a Service using the standard Plasma
* plugin mechanisms.
*
* @param name the plugin name of the service to load
* @param args a list of arguments to supply to the service plugin when loading it
* @param parent the parent object, if any, for the service
*
* @return a Service object, unlike Plasma::Service::loadService, this can return null.
**/
virtual Service *internalLoadService(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args, QObject *parent = 0);
/**
* A re-implementable method that allows subclasses to provide additional applets
* for listAppletInfo. If the application has no applets to give to the application,
* then the implementation should return an empty list.
*
* This method is called by listAppletInfo prior to generating the list of applets installed
* on the system using the standard Plasma plugin mechanisms, and will try to find .desktop
* files for your applets.
*
* @param category Only applets matching this category will be returned.
* Useful in conjunction with knownCategories.
* If "Misc" is passed in, then applets without a
* Categories= entry are also returned.
* If an empty string is passed in, all applets are
* returned.
* @return list of applets
**/
virtual KPluginInfo::List internalAppletInfo(const QString &category) const;
/**
* A re-implementable method that allows subclasses to provide additional DataEngines
* for DataEngineManager::listDataEngines.
*
* @return list of DataEngines, or an empty list if none
**/
virtual KPluginInfo::List internalDataEngineInfo() const;
/**
* Returns a list of all known Runner implementations
*
* @return list of AbstractRunners, or an empty list if none
*/
virtual KPluginInfo::List internalRunnerInfo() const;
/**
* Returns a list of all known Runner implementations
*
* @return list of AbstractRunners, or an empty list if none
*/
virtual KPluginInfo::List internalServiceInfo() const;
/**
* Standardized mechanism for providing internal Applets by install .desktop files
* in $APPPDATA/plasma/internal/applets/
*
* For applications that do this, internalAppletInfo can be implemented as a one-liner
* call to this method.
*
* @param category Only applets matching this category will be returned.
* Useful in conjunction with knownCategories.
* If "Misc" is passed in, then applets without a
* Categories= entry are also returned.
* If an empty string is passed in, all applets are
* returned.
* @return list of Applets, or an empty list if none
*/
KPluginInfo::List standardInternalAppletInfo(const QString &category) const;
/**
* Standardized mechanism for providing internal Applets by install .desktop files
* in $APPPDATA/plasma/internal/dataengines/
*
* For applications that do this, internalDataEngineInfo can be implemented as a one-liner
* call to this method.
*
* @return list of applets
*/
KPluginInfo::List standardInternalDataEngineInfo() const;
/**
* Standardized mechanism for providing internal Applets by install .desktop files
* in $APPPDATA/plasma/internal/runners/
*
* For applications that do this, internalRunnerInfo can be implemented as a one-liner
* call to this method.
*
* @return list of applets
*/
KPluginInfo::List standardInternalRunnerInfo() const;
/**
* Standardized mechanism for providing internal Applets by install .desktop files
* in $APPPDATA/plasma/internal/services/
*
* For applications that do this, internalRunnerInfo can be implemented as a one-liner
* call to this method.
*
* @return list of applets
*/
KPluginInfo::List standardInternalServiceInfo() const;
private:
PluginLoaderPrivate * const d;
};
}
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Plasma::PluginLoader*)
#endif
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