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liblxqt-packaging/lxqtplugininfo.h

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/* BEGIN_COMMON_COPYRIGHT_HEADER
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* LXQt - a lightweight, Qt based, desktop toolset
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* Copyright: 2010-2011 Razor team
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* Alexander Sokoloff <sokoloff.a@gmail.com>
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#ifndef LXQTPLUGININFO_H
#define LXQTPLUGININFO_H
#include <QString>
#include <QList>
#include <QFileInfo>
#include <QtAlgorithms>
#include <QDebug>
#include "lxqtglobals.h"
#include <XdgDesktopFile>
class QLibrary;
namespace LxQt
{
/*!
Every plugin needs a .desktop file that describes it. The basename of this file must
be same as the basename of the plugin library.
lxqtpanel_clock2.desktop file
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=LxQtPanel/Plugin
Name=Clock
Comment=Clock and calendar
PluginInfo class gives the interface for reading the values from the plugin .desktop file.
This is a pure virtual class, you must implement libraryDir(), translationDir(), and instance() methods.
*/
class LXQT_API PluginInfo: public XdgDesktopFile
{
public:
/// Constructs a PluginInfo object for accessing the info stored in the .desktop file.
explicit PluginInfo();
//! Reimplemented from XdgDesktopFile.
virtual bool load(const QString& fileName);
//! Reimplemented from XdgDesktopFile.
//PluginInfo& operator=(const PluginInfo& other);
//! Returns identification string of this plugin, identified plugin type. Now id is part of the filename.
QString id() const { return mId; }
//! This function is provided for convenience. It's equivalent to calling value("ServiceTypes").toString().
QString serviceType() const { return value("ServiceTypes").toString(); }
//! Reimplemented from XdgDesktopFile.
virtual bool isValid() const;
/*! Loads the library and returns QLibrary object if the library was loaded successfully; otherwise returns 0.
@parm libDir directory where placed the plugin .so file. */
QLibrary* loadLibrary(const QString& libDir) const;
/*! Returns a list of PluginInfo objects for the matched files in the directories.
@param desktopFilesDirs - scanned directories names.
@param serviceType - type of the plugin, for example "LxQtPanel/Plugin".
@param nameFilter - wildcard filter that understands * and ? wildcards.
If the same filename is located under multiple directories only the first file should be used.
*/
static QList<PluginInfo> search(const QStringList& desktopFilesDirs, const QString& serviceType, const QString& nameFilter="*");
/// This function is provided for convenience. It's equivalent to new calling search(QString(desktopFilesDir), serviceType, nameFilter)
static QList<PluginInfo> search(const QString& desktopFilesDir, const QString& serviceType, const QString& nameFilter="*");
private:
QString mId;
};
typedef QList<PluginInfo> PluginInfoList;
} // namespace LxQt
QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const LxQt::PluginInfo& pi);
QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const LxQt::PluginInfo* const pi);
QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const LxQt::PluginInfoList& list);
QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const LxQt::PluginInfoList* const pluginInfoList);
#endif // LXQTPLUGININFO_H