namespace ComponentFactory

Public Types

• enum ComponentLoadingError { ErrNoServiceFound = 1, ErrServiceProvidesNoLibrary, ErrNoLibrary, ErrNoFactory, ErrNoComponent }

Public Static Methods

• static template T * createInstanceFromFactory ( KLibFactory *factory, QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, const QStringList &args = QStringList() )
• static template T * createPartInstanceFromFactory ( KParts::Factory *factory, QWidget *parentWidget = 0, const char *widgetName = 0, QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, const QStringList &args = QStringList() )
• static template T * createInstanceFromLibrary ( const char *libraryName, QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, const QStringList &args = QStringList(), int *error = 0 )
• static template T * createPartInstanceFromLibrary ( const char *libraryName, QWidget *parentWidget = 0, const char *widgetName = 0, QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, const QStringList &args = QStringList(), int *error = 0 )
• static template T * createInstanceFromService ( const KService::Ptr &service, QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, const QStringList &args = QStringList(), int *error = 0 )
• static template T * createPartInstanceFromService ( const KService::Ptr &service, QWidget *parentWidget = 0, const char *widgetName = 0, QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, const QStringList &args = QStringList(), int *error = 0 )
• static template T * createInstanceFromServices ( ServiceIterator begin, ServiceIterator end, QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, const QStringList &args = QStringList(), int *error = 0 )
• static template T * createPartInstanceFromServices ( ServiceIterator begin, ServiceIterator end, QWidget *parentWidget = 0, const char *widgetName = 0, QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, const QStringList &args = QStringList(), int *error = 0 )
• static template T * createInstanceFromQuery ( const QString &serviceType, const QString &constraint = QString::null, QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, const QStringList &args = QStringList(), int *error = 0 )
• static template T * createPartInstanceFromQuery ( const QString &serviceType, const QString &constraint, QWidget *parentWidget = 0, const char *widgetName = 0, QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, const QStringList &args = QStringList(), int *error = 0 )

Detailed Description

This enum type defines the possible error cases that can happen when loading a component.

• ErrNoServiceFound - no service implementing the given mimetype and fullfilling the given constraint expression can be found.
• ErrServiceProvidesNoLibrary - the specified service provides no shared library
• ErrNoLibrary - the specified library could not be loaded. Use KLibLoader::lastErrorMessage for details.
• ErrNoFactory - the library does not export a factory for creating components
• ErrNoComponent - the factory does not support creating components of the specified type

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This template function allows to ask the given factory to create an instance of the given template type.

Example of usage:

     MyPlugin *plugin = KParts::ComponentFactory::createInstanceFromFactory<MyPlugin>( factory, parent );

Parameters:

factory	The factory to ask for the creation of the component
parent	The parent object (see QObject constructor)
name	The name of the object to create (see QObject constructor)
args	A list of string arguments, passed to the factory and possibly to the component (see KLibFactory)

Returns: A pointer to the newly created object or a null pointer if the factory was unable to create an object of the given type.

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This template function allows to ask the given kparts factory to create an instance of the given template type.

Example of usage:

     KViewPart *doc = KParts::ComponentFactory::createPartInstanceFromFactory<KViewPart>( factory, parent );

Parameters:

factory	The factory to ask for the creation of the component
parentWidget	the parent widget for the part
widgetName	the name of the part's widget
parent	The parent object (see QObject constructor)
name	The name of the object to create (see QObject constructor)
args	A list of string arguments, passed to the factory and possibly to the component (see KLibFactory)

Returns: A pointer to the newly created object or a null pointer if the factory was unable to create an object of the given type.

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This template allows to load the specified library and ask the factory to create an instance of the given template type.

Parameters:

libraryName	The library to open
parent	The parent object (see QObject constructor)
name	The name of the object to create (see QObject constructor)
args	A list of string arguments, passed to the factory and possibly to the component (see KLibFactory)

Returns: A pointer to the newly created object or a null pointer if the factory was unable to create an object of the given type.

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This method creates and returns a KParts part from a serviceType (e.g. a mimetype).

You can use this method to create a generic viewer - that can display any kind of file, provided that there is a ReadOnlyPart installed for it - in 5 lines:

     // Given the following: KURL url, QWidget* parentWidget and QObject* parentObject.
     QString mimetype = KMimeType::findByURL( url )->name();
     KParts::ReadOnlyPart* part = KParts::ComponentFactory::createPartInstanceFromQuery<KParts::ReadOnlyPart>( mimetype, QString::null, parentWidget, 0, parentObject, 0 );
     if ( part ) {
         part->openURL( url );
         part->widget()->show();  // also insert the widget into a layout, or simply use a QVBox as parentWidget
     }

Parameters:

serviceType	the type of service for which to find a part, e.g. a mimetype
constraint	an optionnal constraint to pass to the trader (see KTrader)
parentWidget	the parent widget, will be set as the parent of the part's widget
widgetName	the name that will be given to the part's widget
parent	the parent object for the part itself
name	the name that will be given to the part
args	A list of string arguments, passed to the factory and possibly to the component (see KLibFactory)
error	The int passed here will receive an error code in case of errors. (See enum ComponentLoadingError)

Returns: A pointer to the newly created object or a null pointer if the factory was unable to create an object of the given type.