KPluginInfo Class Reference

from PyKDE4.kdecore import *

Detailed Description

Information about a plugin.

This holds all the information about a plugin there is. It's used for the user to decide whether he wants to use this plugin or not.

Author:: Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org>

Methods
	__init__ (self, QString filename, QString resource=0)
	__init__ (self, KSharedPtr service)
	__init__ (self)
	__init__ (self, KPluginInfo copy)
QString	author (self)
QString	category (self)
QString	comment (self)
KConfigGroup	config (self)
	defaults (self)
QStringList	dependencies (self)
QString	email (self)
QString	entryPath (self)
KAboutLicense	fullLicense (self)
QString	icon (self)
bool	isHidden (self)
bool	isPluginEnabled (self)
bool	isPluginEnabledByDefault (self)
bool	isValid (self)
[KSharedPtr]	kcmServices (self)
QString	license (self)
	load (self, KConfigGroup config=KConfigGroup())
QString	name (self)
bool	operator != (self, KPluginInfo rhs)
bool	operator < (self, KPluginInfo rhs)
bool	operator == (self, KPluginInfo rhs)
bool	operator > (self, KPluginInfo rhs)
QString	pluginName (self)
QVariant	property (self, QString key)
	save (self, KConfigGroup config=KConfigGroup())
KSharedPtr	service (self)
	setConfig (self, KConfigGroup config)
	setPluginEnabled (self, bool enabled)
QString	version (self)
QString	website (self)
Static Methods
[KPluginInfo]	fromFiles (QStringList files, KConfigGroup config=KConfigGroup())
[KPluginInfo]	fromKPartsInstanceName (QString componentName, KConfigGroup config=KConfigGroup())
[KPluginInfo]	fromServices ([KSharedPtr] services, KConfigGroup config=KConfigGroup())

Method Documentation

__init__	(	self,
		QString	filename,
		QString	resource=0
	)

Read plugin info from filename.

The file should be of the following form: <pre> [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Icon=mypluginicon Type=Service ServiceTypes=KPluginInfo

Name=User Visible Name Comment=Description of what the plugin does

X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=Author's Name X-KDE-PluginInfo-Email=author@foo.bar X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=internalname X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version=1.1 X-KDE-PluginInfo-Website=http://www.plugin.org/ X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category=playlist X-KDE-PluginInfo-Depends=plugin1,plugin3 X-KDE-PluginInfo-License=GPL X-KDE-PluginInfo-EnabledByDefault=true </pre> The Name and Comment fields must always be present.

The "X-KDE-PluginInfo" keys you may add further entries which will be available using property(). The Website,Category,Require keys are optional. For EnabledByDefault look at isPluginEnabledByDefault.

Parameters:

	filename	The filename of the .desktop file.
	resource	If filename is relative, you need to specify a resource type (e.g. "service", "apps"... KStandardDirs). Otherwise, resource isn't used.

__init__	(	self,
		KSharedPtr	service
	)

Read plugin info from a KService object.

The .desktop file should look like this: <pre> [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Icon=mypluginicon Type=Service ServiceTypes=KPluginInfo

Name=User Visible Name Comment=Description of what the plugin does </pre> In the first three entries the Icon entry is optional.

__init__ ( self )

Creates an invalid plugin.

See also:: isValid

__init__	(	self,
		KPluginInfo	copy
	)

Creates a KPluginInfo object that shares the data with copy.

QString author ( self )

Returns:: The author of this plugin.

QString category ( self )

Returns:: The category of this plugin (e.g. playlist/skin).

QString comment ( self )

Returns:: A comment describing the plugin.

KConfigGroup config ( self )

Returns:: If the KPluginInfo object has a KConfig object set return it, else returns an invalid KConfigGroup.

defaults ( self )

Restore defaults (enabled or not).

QStringList dependencies ( self )

Returns:: A list of plugins required for this plugin to be enabled. Use the pluginName in this list.

QString email ( self )

Returns:: The email address of the author.

QString entryPath ( self )

Returns:: The file containing the information about the plugin.

KAboutLicense fullLicense ( self )

Returns:: The full license object, according to the license keyword. It can be used to present friendlier and more detailed license info to the user, when the license is one of the widespread within KDE. For other licenses, the license object will state not very useful, "custom license" info (this can be identified by KAboutLicense.key() returning KAboutData.License_Custom).

See also:: KAboutLicense.byKeyword()

Since:: 4.1

QString icon ( self )

Returns:: The iconname for this plugin

bool isHidden ( self )

Returns:: Whether the plugin should be hidden.

bool isPluginEnabled ( self )

Returns:: Whether the plugin is currently loaded.

See also:: setPluginEnabled()

See also:: load()

bool isPluginEnabledByDefault ( self )

Returns:: The default value whether the plugin is enabled or not. Defaults to the value set in the desktop file, or if that isn't set to false.

bool isValid ( self )

Returns whether the object is valid. Treat invalid KPluginInfo objects like you would treat a null pointer.

[KSharedPtr] kcmServices ( self )

Returns:: A list of Service pointers if the plugin installs one or more KCModule

QString license ( self )

Returns:: The license keyword of this plugin.

load	(	self,
		KConfigGroup	config=KConfigGroup()
	)

Load the state of the plugin - enabled or not.

Parameters:

config

The KConfigGroup holding the information whether plugin is enabled.

QString name ( self )

Returns:: The user visible name of the plugin.

bool operator !=	(	self,
		KPluginInfo	rhs
	)

Compares two objects whether they don't share the same data.

bool operator <	(	self,
		KPluginInfo	rhs
	)

Less than relation comparing the categories and if they are the same using the names.

bool operator ==	(	self,
		KPluginInfo	rhs
	)

Compares two objects whether they share the same data.

bool operator >	(	self,
		KPluginInfo	rhs
	)

Greater than relation comparing the categories and if they are the same using the names.

QString pluginName ( self )

Returns:: The internal name of the plugin (for KParts Plugins this is the same name as set in the .rc file).

QVariant property	(	self,
		QString	key
	)

Returns:: The value associated to the key. You can use it if you want to read custom values. To do this you need to define your own servicetype and add it to the ServiceTypes keys.

save	(	self,
		KConfigGroup	config=KConfigGroup()
	)

Save state of the plugin - enabled or not.

Parameters:

config

The KConfigGroup holding the information whether plugin is enabled.

KSharedPtr service ( self )

Returns:: The KService object for this plugin. You might need it if you want to read custom values. To do this you need to define your own servicetype and add it to the ServiceTypes keys. Then you can use the KService.property() method to read your keys.

See also:: property()

setConfig	(	self,
		KConfigGroup	config
	)

Set the KConfigGroup to use for load()ing and save()ing the configuration. This will be overridden by the KConfigGroup passed to save() or load() (if one is passed).

setPluginEnabled	(	self,
		bool	enabled
	)

Set whether the plugin is currently loaded.

See also:: isPluginEnabled()

See also:: save()

QString version ( self )

Returns:: The version of the plugin.

QString website ( self )

Returns:: The website of the plugin/author.

Static Method Documentation

[KPluginInfo] fromFiles	(	QStringList	files,
		KConfigGroup	config=KConfigGroup()
	)

Returns:: A list of KPluginInfo objects constructed from a list of filenames. If you make a lookup using, for example, KStandardDirs.findAllResources() you pass the list of files to this function.

Parameters:

	files	The list of files to construct the list of KPluginInfo objects from
	config	The config group where to save/load whether the plugin is enabled/disabled

[KPluginInfo] fromKPartsInstanceName	(	QString	componentName,
		KConfigGroup	config=KConfigGroup()
	)

Returns:: A list of KPluginInfo objects for the KParts plugins of a component. You only need the name of the component not a pointer to the KComponentData object.

Parameters:

	componentName	Use the component name to look up all KParts plugins for it.
	config	The config group where to save/load whether the plugin is enabled/disabled

[KPluginInfo] fromServices	(	[KSharedPtr]	services,
		KConfigGroup	config=KConfigGroup()
	)

Returns:: A list of KPluginInfo objects constructed from a list of KService objects. If you get a trader offer of the plugins you want to use you can just pass them to this function.

Parameters:

	services	The list of services to construct the list of KPluginInfo objects from
	config	The config group where to save/load whether the plugin is enabled/disabled

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