Manager of plugIn of classes. More...

Detailed Description

Manager of plugIn of classes.

Gives the ability to manage static plugins (.lib / .a) or dynamic plugins (.dll / .so) that brings new classes into the business model. Based on ConceptRTModel Layer and its factory mechanism.

Note: Works currently only for loading once.

There are two use cases:

Load dynamic factories from plugins (need to have ConceptRT in dynamic library)

1) Load the configuration
2) LoadPlugins
3) GetFactories

Use PluginClassManager as a static repository to connect static library plugins. (need to have ConceptRT in static library - Common use)

1) Call your libraries PLUGIN_ENTRYPOINT through CONCEPT_PLUGIN_INITIALIZE in order to load the factories into PluginClassManager.
2) GetFactories

Inheritance diagram for PluginClassManager:

Public Member Methods
void	LoadConfiguration (IDataStore &dataStore)
	Load the plugin configuration files More...

void	LoadConfiguration (PCChar8 filename)
	Load the plugin configuration files More...

bool	LoadPlugins (IMessageCollector *messageCollector=NULL)
	Load the plugins binaries into the current software. More...

const BaseConceptFactories &	GetConceptFactories () const
	Gets the factories. More...

void	GetConceptFactories (BaseConceptFactories &factories)
	Retrieves the factories More...

void	RegisterFactory (BaseConceptFactory &factory)
	Register a factory More...

void	RegisterFactories (BaseConceptFactories &factories)
	Register factories More...

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from Singleton< PluginClassManager >
static PluginClassManager *	GetInstancePointer ()
	Gets the instance pointer. More...

static PluginClassManager &	GetInstance ()
	Gets the instance. More...

static void	DeleteInstance (bool allowNewCreation=false)
	Deletes the instance. More...

static bool	IsCreated ()
	Query if the singleton instance has already been created. More...

Methods Documentation

const BaseConceptFactories& GetConceptFactories ( ) const

Gets the factories.

Returns: the factories list.

void GetConceptFactories ( BaseConceptFactories & factories )

Retrieves the factories

Parameters

factories [in, out] The factory list to populate.

void LoadConfiguration ( IDataStore & dataStore )

Load the plugin configuration files

Parameters

dataStore The dataStore source.

Structure expected DataList of String.

void LoadConfiguration ( PCChar8 filename )

Load the plugin configuration files

Parameters

filename the file name.

Structure expected DataList of String.

bool LoadPlugins ( IMessageCollector * messageCollector = NULL )

Load the plugins binaries into the current software.

Parameters

messageCollector (Optional) a message collector. Default = NULL.

Returns: true if success, false if not. See messageCollector for diagnostic.

RT Exceptions:

RT_ERROR_PLUGINS_LOAD_NOT_AVAILABLE

RT_ERROR_PLUGINS_BAD_ENTRY_POINT

RT_ERROR_PLUGINS_LOAD_ERROR

Warning: Non-Deterministic. Determinism when using ConceptRT library can be ensure by using Context Time Critical mechanisms.

Note: RT_ERROR_PLUGINS_LOAD_ERROR and RT_ERROR_PLUGINS_LOAD_ERROR will be shown only by the IMessageCollector.

Detailed Description

Public Member Methods

Additional Inherited Members

Methods Documentation