1 // File: ModelAPI_PluginManager.hxx
2 // Created: 20 Mar 2014
3 // Author: Mikhail PONIKAROV
5 #ifndef ModelAPI_PluginManager_HeaderFile
6 #define ModelAPI_PluginManager_HeaderFile
12 class ModelAPI_Feature;
13 class ModelAPI_Plugin;
14 class ModelAPI_Document;
16 /**\class ModelAPI_PluginManager
18 * \brief Object that knows (from the initial XML file) which
19 * plugin contains which feature, loads and stores reference to loaded plugins by
20 * the feature functionality request.
23 class MODELAPI_EXPORT ModelAPI_PluginManager
26 /// Creates the feature object using plugins functionality
27 virtual std::shared_ptr<ModelAPI_Feature> createFeature(std::string theFeatureID,
28 const bool theAddToDoc = true) = 0;
30 /// Returns the real implementation (the alone instance per application) of the plugin manager
31 static std::shared_ptr<ModelAPI_PluginManager> get();
33 /// Registers the plugin that creates features.
34 /// It is obligatory for each plugin to call this function on loading to be found by
35 /// the plugin manager on call of the feature)
36 virtual void registerPlugin(ModelAPI_Plugin* thePlugin) = 0;
38 /// Returns the root document of the application (that may contains sub-documents)
39 virtual std::shared_ptr<ModelAPI_Document> rootDocument() = 0;
41 /// Returns the current document that used for current work in the application
42 virtual std::shared_ptr<ModelAPI_Document> currentDocument() = 0;
44 /// Defines the current document that used for current work in the application
45 virtual void setCurrentDocument(std::shared_ptr<ModelAPI_Document> theDoc) = 0;
47 /// loads the library with specific name, appends "lib*.dll" or "*.so" depending on the platform
48 static void ModelAPI_PluginManager::loadLibrary(const std::string theLibName);
50 /// Is needed for python wrapping by swig, call Get to get an instance
51 ModelAPI_PluginManager();
54 static void SetPluginManager(std::shared_ptr<ModelAPI_PluginManager> theManager);