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lmms/include/plugin.h
Tobias Doerffel 22de18909a added ALSA-sequencer support
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/*
* plugin.h - class plugin, the base-class and generic interface for all plugins
*
* Linux MultiMedia Studio
* Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
*
* 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
*/
#ifndef _PLUGIN_H
#define _PLUGIN_H
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif
#include "qt3support.h"
#ifdef QT4
#include <QString>
#include <QVector>
#else
#include <qstring.h>
#include <qvaluevector.h>
#endif
#include "types.h"
#include "settings.h"
#include "embed.h"
#define STRINGIFY_PLUGIN_NAME(s) STR(s)
#define STR(PN) #PN
class QPixmap;
class plugin : public settings
{
public:
enum pluginTypes
{
INSTRUMENT, // instrument being used in channel-track
EFFECT, // effect-plugin for effect-board
IMPORT_FILTER, // filter for importing a file
EXPORT_FILTER, // filter for exporting a file
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 * public_name;
const char * description;
const char * author;
int version;
pluginTypes type;
embed::descriptor logo;
} ;
// contructor of a plugin
// _name: public name of plugin
// _type: one of the plugin-types defined above
plugin( const QString & _public_name, pluginTypes _type );
virtual ~plugin();
// returns the name, the plugin passed to plugin-constructor
inline const QString & publicName( void ) const
{
return( m_publicName );
}
// return type
inline pluginTypes type( void ) const
{
return( m_type );
}
// plugins can overload this for making other classes able to change
// settings of the plugin without knowing the actual class
virtual void FASTCALL setParameter( const QString & _param,
const QString & _value );
// plugins can overload this for making other classes able to query
// settings of the plugin without knowing the actual class
virtual QString FASTCALL getParameter( const QString & _param );
// 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 * FASTCALL instantiate( const QString & _plugin_name,
void * _data );
// fills given vector with descriptors for all available plugins
static void FASTCALL getDescriptorsOfAvailPlugins(
vvector<descriptor> & _plugin_descs );
private:
const QString m_publicName;
const pluginTypes m_type;
// pointer to instantiation-function in plugin
typedef plugin * ( * instantiationHook )( void * );
} ;
#endif