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author | Timothy Pearson <[email protected]> | 2011-11-06 15:57:02 -0600 |
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committer | Timothy Pearson <[email protected]> | 2011-11-06 15:57:02 -0600 |
commit | 2c2fbd828ca474671bb9e03681b30b115d8d6035 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/libtdepim/pluginloader.h b/libtdepim/pluginloader.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d38bbd18 --- /dev/null +++ b/libtdepim/pluginloader.h @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +/* -*- c++ -*- + This file is part of libtdepim. + + Copyright (c) 2002,2004 Marc Mutz <[email protected]> + + This library 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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + + This library 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 + Library General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License + along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to + the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, + Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. +*/ + +#ifndef __KPIM_SHARED_PLUGINLOADER_H__ +#define __KPIM_SHARED_PLUGINLOADER_H__ + +#include <pluginloaderbase.h> + +namespace KPIM { + + /** + * @short A generic plugin loader for when KPart::Plugin is overkill + * @author Marc Mutz <[email protected]> based on KABC's FormatFactory + * + * This is a generic plugin loader / factory for small plugins that + * don't want to be TQObjects. + * + * @section Usage + * + * A PluginLoader takes two template arguments, <code>T</code> and + * <code>T_config</code>: + * + * <dl> + * <dt>T</dt><dd>The type of object to return</dd> + * <dt>T_config::mainfunc</dt><dd>The suffix of the factory function to call + * in the library to obtain a new object of type <code>T</code>. + * The string passed to <code>KLibrary::symbol()</code> is + * <code>libName_mainfunc</code>.</dd> + * <dt>T_config::path</dt><dd>The search pattern for <tt>.desktop</tt> files + * containing the plugin descriptions. This is the string passed as + * the @p filter argument to + * <code>KStandardDirs::findAllResources</code>.</dd> + * </dl> + * + * The last two parameters being strings, they are passed via an + * encapsulating class, of which <code>mainfunc</code> and + * <code>path</code> are public static members: + * + * <pre> + * struct MyObjectPluginLoaderConfig { + * static const char * const mainfunc; + * static const char * const path; + * }; + * const char * const MyObjectPluginLoaderConfig::mainfunc = "myapp_create_myobject"; + * const char * const MyObjectPluginLoaderConfig::path = "myapp/plugins/ *.desktop"; + * </pre> + * + * You would then use a <tt>typedef</tt> to create a less unwieldy + * name for your plugin loader: + * + * <pre> + * typedef KPIM::PluginLoader< MyObject, MyObjectPluginLoaderConfig > MyObjectPluginLoader; + * </pre> + * + * All of this is what the + * <code>KPIM_DEFINE_PLUGIN_LOADER(pluginloadername,type,mainfunc,path)</code> macro + * achieves. + * + **/ + template< typename T, typename T_config > + class KDE_EXPORT PluginLoader : public PluginLoaderBase { + protected: + PluginLoader() : PluginLoaderBase() {} + + private: + static PluginLoader<T,T_config> * mSelf; + + public: + virtual ~PluginLoader() { mSelf = 0; } + + /** Returns the single instance of this loader. */ + static PluginLoader<T,T_config> * instance() { + if ( !mSelf ) { + mSelf = new PluginLoader<T,T_config>(); + mSelf->scan(); + } + return mSelf; + } + + /** Rescans the plugin directory to find any newly installed + plugins. + **/ + virtual void scan() { + doScan( T_config::path ); + } + + /** Returns a pointer to a plugin object (of type @p T) or a null + pointer if the type wasn't found. You can extend this method + for when you want to handle builtin types */ + virtual T * createForName( const TQString & type ) const { + void * main_func = mainFunc( type, T_config::mainfunc ); + if ( !main_func ) return 0; + + // cast to a pointer to a function returning T*, call it and + // return the result; don't you love C? ;-) + return ((T* (*)())( main_func ))(); + } + }; + + template< typename T, typename T_config > + PluginLoader<T,T_config> * PluginLoader<T,T_config>::mSelf = 0; + +} + +#define KPIM_DEFINE_PLUGIN_LOADER( pl, t, mf, p ) \ + namespace { /* don't pollute namespaces */ \ + struct KDE_EXPORT pl##Config { \ + static const char * const mainfunc; \ + static const char * const path; \ + }; \ + const char * const pl##Config::mainfunc = mf; \ + const char * const pl##Config::path = p; \ + } \ + typedef KPIM::PluginLoader< t, pl##Config > pl; \ + + +#endif // __KPIM_SHARED_PLUGINLOADER_H__ |