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2.1 KiB
/**
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@mainpage The TDevelop Extension Interfaces Library
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This library contains extension interfaces used by TDevelop plugin architecture.
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<b>Link with</b>: -ltdevelop
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<b>Include path</b>: -I\$(kde_includes)/tdevelop/interfaces/extensions
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\section whatisextension What is the TDevelop extension
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Extension is a TDevelop plugin which implements one of extension interfaces.
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Extension is usually not important enough to be returned by @ref KDevApi and @ref KDevPlugin
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methods. Therefore extension instance can be obtained by @ref KDevPlugin::extension method.
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Note: extension plugins can be either core, global and project plugins. They are loaded
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in the same way other plugins are. But extensions differ from usual plugins.
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Note: many plugins implementing extension interface can be created but only one of
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those should be loaded at a time. This can be accomplished by:
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- using a shell plugin profile (as done in current generic shell implementation) - define
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different X-TDevelop-Properties for different extension implementations;
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- writing project manager which looks into the project file and loads the neccesary extension.
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\section creatingextension Creating and using an extension
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- Define a service, use following .desktop file:
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@code
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[Desktop Entry]
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Encoding=UTF-8
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Type=ServiceType
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X-TDE-ServiceType=TDevelop/MyExtension
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X-TDE-Derived=TDevelop/Plugin
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Name=My Extension Interface
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[PropertyDef::X-TDevelop-Version]
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Type=int
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@endcode
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- Define an abstract base class for an extension like:
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@code
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class KDevMyExtension: public KDevPlugin {
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public:
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KDevMyExtension(const KDevPluginInfo *info, QObject* parent, const char* name)
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:KDevPlugin(info, parent, name) {}
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virtual void doSomething() = 0;
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};
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@endcode
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- Create an usual plugin, but instead of setting service type to "TDevelop/Plugin", set:
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@code
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ServiceTypes=TDevelop/MyExtension
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@endcode
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- Use your extension:
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@code
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KDevMyExtension *myext = extension<KDevMyExtension>("TDevelop/MyExtension");
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if (sf) {
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// do something
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} else {
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// fail
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}
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@endcode
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*/
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