PluginManager Class Reference

The manager for plugins. More...

#include <plugin_manager.h>

Collaboration diagram for PluginManager:

Public Member Functions
PLUGIN_HANDLE	loadPlugin (const std::string &name, const std::string &type)
	Load a given plugin.
void	unloadPlugin (PLUGIN_HANDLE handle)
void *	resolveSymbol (PLUGIN_HANDLE handle, const std::string &symbol)
	Resolve a symbol within the plugin.
PLUGIN_HANDLE	findPluginByName (const std::string &name)
	Find a loaded plugin by name.
PLUGIN_HANDLE	findPluginByType (const std::string &type)
	Find a loaded plugin by type.
PLUGIN_INFORMATION *	getInfo (const PLUGIN_HANDLE)
	Return the information for a named plugin.
void	getInstalledPlugins (const std::string &type, std::list< std::string > &plugins)
	Get the installed plugins in the given plugin type subdirectory of "plugins" under FLEDGE_ROOT Plugin type is one of: south, north, filter, notificationRule, notificationDelivery. More...
void	setPluginType (tPluginType type)
	Set Plugin Type.
PLUGIN_TYPE	getPluginImplType (const PLUGIN_HANDLE hndl)
std::vector< std::string >	getPluginsByFlags (const std::string &type, unsigned int flags)
	Return a list of plugins matching the criteria of plugin type and plugin flags. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static PluginManager *	getInstance ()
	PluginManager Singleton implementation.

Static Public Attributes
static PluginManager *	instance = 0

Detailed Description

The manager for plugins.

This manager is a singleton and is responsible for loading, tracking and unloading the plugins within the system.

Member Function Documentation

getInstalledPlugins()

void PluginManager::getInstalledPlugins	(	const std::string &	type,
		std::list< std::string > &	plugins
	)

Get the installed plugins in the given plugin type subdirectory of "plugins" under FLEDGE_ROOT Plugin type is one of: south, north, filter, notificationRule, notificationDelivery.

Parameters

type	The plugin type
plugins	The output plugin list name to fill

Get all sub directory names in path: path = plugins/filter/ delta scale

Plugin filename is libdelta.so, libscale.so Plugin name is the subdirecory name in path Skip directory starting with '_' or with name 'common'

getPluginsByFlags()

std::vector< string > PluginManager::getPluginsByFlags	(	const std::string &	type,
		unsigned int	flags
	)

Return a list of plugins matching the criteria of plugin type and plugin flags.

Parameters

type	The plugin type to match
flags	A bitmask of flags to match

Returns

vector<string> A list of matching plugin names

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• C/services/common/include/plugin_manager.h
• C/services/common/plugin_manager.cpp