Plugin Class Reference

Plugin support. More...

#include <yatengine.h>

Inheritance diagram for Plugin:

GenObject Module ChanAssistList Driver ClientDriver

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

 Plugin (const char *name, bool earlyInit=false)
 Plugin ()
virtual ~Plugin ()
virtual void * getObject (const String &name) const
virtual void initialize ()=0
virtual bool isBusy () const
bool earlyInit () const


Detailed Description

Plugin support.

Initialization and information about plugins. Plugins are located in shared libraries that are loaded at runtime.

 // Create static Plugin object by using the provided macro
 INIT_PLUGIN(Plugin);
 *

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Plugin ( const char *  name,
bool  earlyInit = false 
)

Creates a new Plugin container.

Parameters:
name the undecorated name of the library that contains the plugin
earlyInit True to initialize the plugin early

Plugin (  ) 

Creates a new Plugin container. Alternate constructor which is also the default.

virtual ~Plugin (  )  [virtual]

Destroys the plugin. The destructor must never be called directly - the Loader will do it when the shared object's reference count reaches zero.


Member Function Documentation

virtual void* getObject ( const String name  )  const [virtual]

Get a pointer to a derived class given that class name

Parameters:
name Name of the class we are asking for
Returns:
Pointer to the requested class or NULL if this object doesn't implement it

Reimplemented from GenObject.

Reimplemented in Module, and Driver.

virtual void initialize (  )  [pure virtual]

Initialize the plugin after it was loaded and registered.

Implemented in Module, Driver, ClientDriver, and ChanAssistList.

virtual bool isBusy (  )  const [inline, virtual]

Check if the module is actively used.

Returns:
True if the plugin is in use, false if should be ok to restart

Reimplemented in Driver.

bool earlyInit (  )  const [inline]

Check if the module is to be initialized early

Returns:
True if the module should be initialized before regular ones


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