AnjutaPluginManager

AnjutaPluginManager — Plugins management and activation

Stability Level

Unstable, unless otherwise indicated

Synopsis

#include <libanjuta/anjuta-plugin-manager.h>

#define             ANJUTA_PLUGIN_MANAGER_ERROR
struct              AnjutaPluginManagerClass;
enum                AnjutaPluginManagerError;
                    AnjutaPluginManagerPriv;
void                anjuta_plugin_manager_activate_plugins
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         GList *plugin_descs);
GQuark              anjuta_plugin_manager_error_quark   (void);
GList *             anjuta_plugin_manager_get_active_plugin_objects
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);
GList *             anjuta_plugin_manager_get_active_plugins
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);
#define             anjuta_plugin_manager_get_interface (plugin_manager,
                                                         iface_type,
                                                         error)
GObject *           anjuta_plugin_manager_get_plugin    (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *iface_name);
GObject *           anjuta_plugin_manager_get_plugin_by_id
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *plugin_id);
GtkWidget *         anjuta_plugin_manager_get_plugins_page
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);
gchar *             anjuta_plugin_manager_get_remembered_plugins
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);
GtkWidget *         anjuta_plugin_manager_get_remembered_plugins_page
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);
gboolean            anjuta_plugin_manager_is_active_plugin
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *iface_name);
GList *             anjuta_plugin_manager_list_query    (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         GList *section_names,
                                                         GList *attribute_names,
                                                         GList *attribute_values);
AnjutaPluginManager * anjuta_plugin_manager_new         (GObject *shell,
                                                         AnjutaStatus *status,
                                                         GList *plugin_search_paths);
GList *             anjuta_plugin_manager_query         (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *section_names,
                                                         const gchar *attribute_names,
                                                         const gchar *attribute_values,
                                                         ...);
AnjutaPluginDescription * anjuta_plugin_manager_select  (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         gchar *title,
                                                         gchar *description,
                                                         GList *plugin_descriptions);
GObject *           anjuta_plugin_manager_select_and_activate
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         gchar *title,
                                                         gchar *description,
                                                         GList *plugin_descriptions);
void                anjuta_plugin_manager_set_remembered_plugins
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *remembered_plugins);
void                anjuta_plugin_manager_unload_all_plugins
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);
gboolean            anjuta_plugin_manager_unload_plugin (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         GObject *plugin);
gboolean            anjuta_plugin_manager_unload_plugin_by_id
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *plugin_id);

Description

Details

ANJUTA_PLUGIN_MANAGER_ERROR

#define ANJUTA_PLUGIN_MANAGER_ERROR            (anjuta_plugin_manager_error_quark())


struct AnjutaPluginManagerClass

struct AnjutaPluginManagerClass {
	GObjectClass parent_class;

	/* Signals */
	void(* plugin_activated) (AnjutaPluginManager *self,
							  AnjutaPluginDescription* plugin_desc,
							  GObject *plugin);
	void(* plugin_deactivated) (AnjutaPluginManager *self,
								AnjutaPluginDescription* plugin_desc,
								GObject *plugin);
};


enum AnjutaPluginManagerError

typedef enum {
	ANJUTA_PLUGIN_MANAGER_MISSING_FACTORY,
	ANJUTA_PLUGIN_MANAGER_ERROR_UNKNOWN
} AnjutaPluginManagerError;

ANJUTA_PLUGIN_MANAGER_MISSING_FACTORY

The factory for the plugin couldn't be found

ANJUTA_PLUGIN_MANAGER_ERROR_UNKNOWN

Unknown error

AnjutaPluginManagerPriv

typedef struct _AnjutaPluginManagerPriv AnjutaPluginManagerPriv;


anjuta_plugin_manager_activate_plugins ()

void                anjuta_plugin_manager_activate_plugins
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         GList *plugin_descs);


anjuta_plugin_manager_error_quark ()

GQuark              anjuta_plugin_manager_error_quark   (void);


anjuta_plugin_manager_get_active_plugin_objects ()

GList *             anjuta_plugin_manager_get_active_plugin_objects
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);


anjuta_plugin_manager_get_active_plugins ()

GList *             anjuta_plugin_manager_get_active_plugins
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);


anjuta_plugin_manager_get_interface()

#define             anjuta_plugin_manager_get_interface(plugin_manager, iface_type, error)

Equivalent to anjuta_plugin_manager_get_object(), but additionally typecasts returned object to the interface type. It also takes interface type directly. A usage of this function is:

IAnjutaDocumentManager *docman =
    anjuta_plugin_manager_get_interface (plugin_manager, IAnjutaDocumentManager, error);

plugin_manager :

A AnjutaPluginManager object

iface_type :

The interface type implemented by the object to be found

error :

Error propagation object.

anjuta_plugin_manager_get_plugin ()

GObject *           anjuta_plugin_manager_get_plugin    (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *iface_name);

Searches the currently available plugins to find the one which implements the given interface as primary interface and returns it. If the plugin is not yet loaded, it will be loaded and activated. It only searches from the pool of plugin objects loaded in this shell and can only search by primary interface. If there are more objects implementing this primary interface, user might be prompted to select one from them (and might give the option to use it as default for future queries). A typical usage of this function is:

GObject *docman =
    anjuta_plugin_manager_get_plugin (plugin_manager, "IAnjutaDocumentManager", error);

Notice that this function takes the interface name string as string, unlike anjuta_plugins_get_interface() which takes the type directly. If no plugin implementing this interface can be found, returns NULL.

plugin_manager :

A AnjutaPluginManager object

iface_name :

The interface implemented by the object to be found

Returns :

The plugin object (subclass of AnjutaPlugin) which implements the given interface or NULL. See AnjutaPlugin for more detail on interfaces implemented by plugins.

anjuta_plugin_manager_get_plugin_by_id ()

GObject *           anjuta_plugin_manager_get_plugin_by_id
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *plugin_id);


anjuta_plugin_manager_get_plugins_page ()

GtkWidget *         anjuta_plugin_manager_get_plugins_page
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);


anjuta_plugin_manager_get_remembered_plugins ()

gchar *             anjuta_plugin_manager_get_remembered_plugins
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);

Get the list of plugins loaded when there is a choice between several ones without asking the user.

The list format is returned as a string with the format detailed in anjuta_plugin_manager_set_remembered_plugins().

plugin_manager :

A AnjutaPluginManager object

Returns :

a newly-allocated string that must be freed with g_free().

anjuta_plugin_manager_get_remembered_plugins_page ()

GtkWidget *         anjuta_plugin_manager_get_remembered_plugins_page
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);


anjuta_plugin_manager_is_active_plugin ()

gboolean            anjuta_plugin_manager_is_active_plugin
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *iface_name);

Searches if a currently loaded plugins implements the given interface.

plugin_manager :

A AnjutaPluginManager object

iface_name :

The interface implemented by the object to be found

Returns :

True is the plugin is currently loaded.

anjuta_plugin_manager_list_query ()

GList *             anjuta_plugin_manager_list_query    (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         GList *section_names,
                                                         GList *attribute_names,
                                                         GList *attribute_values);


anjuta_plugin_manager_new ()

AnjutaPluginManager * anjuta_plugin_manager_new         (GObject *shell,
                                                         AnjutaStatus *status,
                                                         GList *plugin_search_paths);


anjuta_plugin_manager_query ()

GList *             anjuta_plugin_manager_query         (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *section_names,
                                                         const gchar *attribute_names,
                                                         const gchar *attribute_values,
                                                         ...);


anjuta_plugin_manager_select ()

AnjutaPluginDescription * anjuta_plugin_manager_select  (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         gchar *title,
                                                         gchar *description,
                                                         GList *plugin_descriptions);


anjuta_plugin_manager_select_and_activate ()

GObject *           anjuta_plugin_manager_select_and_activate
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         gchar *title,
                                                         gchar *description,
                                                         GList *plugin_descriptions);


anjuta_plugin_manager_set_remembered_plugins ()

void                anjuta_plugin_manager_set_remembered_plugins
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *remembered_plugins);

Set the list of plugins loaded when there is a choice between several ones without asking the user. The list is a string composed of elements separated by ';'. Each element is defined with "key=value", where key is the list of possible plugins and the value is the choosen plugin.

By the example the following element

  anjuta-symbol-browser:SymbolBrowserPlugin,anjuta-symbol-db:SymbolDBPlugin,=anjuta-symbol-db:SymbolDBPlugin;

means if Anjuta has to choose between SymbolBrowserPlugin and SymbolDBPlugin, it will choose SymbolDBPlugin.

plugin_manager :

A AnjutaPluginManager object

remembered_plugins :

A list of prefered plugins

anjuta_plugin_manager_unload_all_plugins ()

void                anjuta_plugin_manager_unload_all_plugins
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager);


anjuta_plugin_manager_unload_plugin ()

gboolean            anjuta_plugin_manager_unload_plugin (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         GObject *plugin);


anjuta_plugin_manager_unload_plugin_by_id ()

gboolean            anjuta_plugin_manager_unload_plugin_by_id
                                                        (AnjutaPluginManager *plugin_manager,
                                                         const gchar *plugin_id);

See Also

AnjutaPlugin, AnjutaProfileManager