pluginloaderbase.h

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/*  -*- c++ -*-
    This file is part of libkdepim.

    Copyright (c) 2002,2004 Marc Mutz <mutz@kde.org>

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
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*/

#ifndef PLUGINLOADERBASE_H
#define PLUGINLOADERBASE_H

#include <QString>
#include <QMap>
#include <KLibrary>

class QStringList;

class PluginMetaData
{
public:
    PluginMetaData() : loaded(false) {}
    PluginMetaData( const QString & lib, const QString & name,
                    const QString & comment )
        : library( lib ), nameLabel( name ),
          descriptionLabel( comment ), loaded( false ) {}
    QString library;
    QString nameLabel;
    QString descriptionLabel;
    bool loaded;
};

class PluginLoaderBase
{
protected:
    PluginLoaderBase();
    virtual ~PluginLoaderBase();

public:
    QStringList types() const;

    const PluginMetaData * infoForName( const QString & type ) const;

    virtual void scan() = 0;

protected:
    void doScan( const char * path );

    KLibrary::void_function_ptr mainFunc( const QString & type, const char * main_func ) const;

private:
    const KLibrary * openLibrary( const QString & libName ) const;
    mutable QMap< QString, PluginMetaData > mPluginMap;

    class Private;
    Private * d;
};

#endif // PLUGINLOADERBASE_H