/* * Plugin.h - class plugin, the base-class and generic interface for all plugins * * Copyright (c) 2005-2014 Tobias Doerffel * * This file is part of LMMS - http://lmms.io * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public * License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, write to the * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * */ #ifndef PLUGIN_H #define PLUGIN_H #include #include #include #include "JournallingObject.h" #include "Model.h" #include "MemoryManager.h" class QWidget; class PixmapLoader; class PluginView; class AutomatableModel; class EXPORT Plugin : public Model, public JournallingObject { MM_OPERATORS Q_OBJECT public: enum PluginTypes { Instrument, // instrument being used in channel-track Effect, // effect-plugin for effect-board ImportFilter, // filter for importing a file ExportFilter, // filter for exporting a file Tool, // additional tool (level-meter etc) Library, // simple library holding a code-base for // several other plugins (e.g. VST-support) Other, Undefined = 255 } ; // descriptor holds information about a plugin - every external plugin // has to instantiate such a descriptor in an extern "C"-section so that // the plugin-loader is able to access information about the plugin struct Descriptor { const char * name; const char * displayName; const char * description; const char * author; int version; PluginTypes type; const PixmapLoader * logo; const char * supportedFileTypes; inline bool supportsFileType( const QString& extension ) const { return QString( supportedFileTypes ).split( QChar( ',' ) ).contains( extension ); } class EXPORT SubPluginFeatures { public: struct Key { typedef QMap AttributeMap; inline Key( const Plugin::Descriptor * _desc = NULL, const QString & _name = QString(), const AttributeMap & _am = AttributeMap() ) : desc( _desc ), name( _name ), attributes( _am ) { } Key( const QDomElement & _key ); QDomElement saveXML( QDomDocument & _doc ) const; inline bool isValid() const { return desc != NULL && name.isNull() == false; } const Plugin::Descriptor* desc; QString name; AttributeMap attributes; } ; typedef QList KeyList; SubPluginFeatures( Plugin::PluginTypes type ) : m_type( type ) { } virtual ~SubPluginFeatures() { } virtual void fillDescriptionWidget( QWidget *, const Key * ) const { } virtual void listSubPluginKeys( const Plugin::Descriptor *, KeyList & ) const { } protected: const Plugin::PluginTypes m_type; } ; SubPluginFeatures * subPluginFeatures; } ; // typedef a list so we can easily work with list of plugin descriptors typedef QList DescriptorList; // contructor of a plugin Plugin( const Descriptor* descriptor, Model* parent ); virtual ~Plugin(); // returns display-name out of descriptor virtual QString displayName() const { return Model::displayName().isEmpty() ? m_descriptor->displayName : Model::displayName(); } // return plugin-type inline PluginTypes type( void ) const { return m_descriptor->type; } // return plugin-descriptor for further information inline const Descriptor* descriptor() const { return m_descriptor; } // can be called if a file matching supportedFileTypes should be // loaded/processed with the help of this plugin virtual void loadFile( const QString& file ); // Called if external source needs to change something but we cannot // reference the class header. Should return null if not key not found. virtual AutomatableModel* childModel( const QString& modelName ); // returns an instance of a plugin whose name matches to given one // if specified plugin couldn't be loaded, it creates a dummy-plugin static Plugin * instantiate( const QString& pluginName, Model * parent, void * data ); // fills given list with descriptors of all available plugins static void getDescriptorsOfAvailPlugins( DescriptorList& pluginDescriptors ); // create a view for the model PluginView * createView( QWidget* parent ); protected: // create a view for the model virtual PluginView* instantiateView( QWidget* ) = 0; void collectErrorForUI( QString err_msg ); private: const Descriptor* m_descriptor; // pointer to instantiation-function in plugin typedef Plugin * ( * InstantiationHook )( Model*, void* ); } ; #endif