MultiWidgets::Plugins Class Reference

Class that handles plugin loading and instantation. More...

#include <MultiWidgets/Plugins.hpp>

Public Member Functions
OperatorPtr	createOperator (const QString &id)
	Create an instance of an operator based on the unique identifier. More...
WidgetPtr	createPluginWidget (const QString &id)
	Creates a plugin widget based on the unique identifier. More...
QStringList	pluginIdList ()
	Returns a list of all plugin identifiers.
template<typename T >
QByteArray	pluginName ()
	Get the plugin name from class. More...
template<typename T >
QByteArray	pluginName (const T *t)
	Get the plugin name from instance Widget * w = new ImageWidget; pluginName(w) == "cornerstone.imagewidget".
void	scanDirectories ()
	Scans the default directories for plugins.
void	scanDirectory (const QString &name)
	Scans a given directory, and loads all plugins that are to be found.

Static Public Member Functions
static void	CONCAT (checkAPI, CORNERSTONE_VERSION)()
	API compatibility check function. More...
static TypeidMap &	typeidMap ()

Detailed Description

Class that handles plugin loading and instantation.

Member Function Documentation

static void MultiWidgets::Plugins::CONCAT ( checkAPI  , CORNERSTONE_VERSION    )

static

API compatibility check function.

This function is used by the plugin factory functions to verify that the current Cornerstone run-time matches the plugin version. The name of this function is changed for each new release, so that it becomes unavailable to plugins that have been compiled against an older (or newer) version of Cornerstone.

OperatorPtr MultiWidgets::Plugins::createOperator

(

const QString &

id

)

Create an instance of an operator based on the unique identifier.

Parameters

id	id of the operator to instanciate

Returns

instance of the operator

WidgetPtr MultiWidgets::Plugins::createPluginWidget

(

const QString &

id

)

Creates a plugin widget based on the unique identifier.

Parameters

id	id of the plugin to create

Returns

instance of the plugin or 0 if no plugin was found

template<typename T >

QByteArray MultiWidgets::Plugins::pluginName ( )

inline

Get the plugin name from class.

Get the name of a plugin pluginName<MultiWidgets::ImageWidget> == "cornerstone.imagewidget"

Returns

the id for the plugin