Plugin Class Reference

Plugin support. More...

#include <yatengine.h>

Inheritance diagram for Plugin:

GenObject DebugEnabler Module Driver ClientDriver

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

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

Creates a new Plugin container.

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

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 const String& toString (  )  const [inline, virtual]

Get a string representation of this object

Returns:
Name of the plugin

Reimplemented from GenObject.

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, and ClientDriver.

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.

const String& name (  )  const [inline]

Retrieve the name of the plugin

Returns:
The plugin's name as String

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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