IPluginFactory.h

/* Copyright (c) 2011 Telemidia/PUC-Rio.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *    Telemidia/PUC-Rio - initial API and implementation
 */
#ifndef ILAYOUTPLUGIN_H
#define ILAYOUTPLUGIN_H

#include <QtPlugin>
#include <QString>
#include <QtGui/QIcon>

#include "../util/ComposerCoreControl_global.h"

#include "../util/Utilities.h"
using namespace composer::core::util;

#include "IPlugin.h"
using namespace composer::extension;

namespace composer {
    namespace extension {
class COMPOSERCORESHARED_EXPORT IPluginFactory {

public:
    virtual ~IPluginFactory() {}

    virtual IPlugin* createPluginInstance()  = 0;

    virtual void releasePluginInstance(IPlugin *) = 0;

    virtual QString id() const = 0;
    virtual QString name() const = 0;

    virtual QIcon icon() const { return QIcon(); }
    virtual QWidget* getPreferencePageWidget() { return NULL; }
    virtual void setDefaultValues() {}
    virtual void applyValues() {}

    virtual QList<LanguageType> getSupportedLanguages()
    {
        QList<LanguageType> lTypes;
        lTypes.append(NCL);
        return lTypes;
    }

    /*Useful information about the plugin (go to XML?)*/
    virtual QString version() { return "Unknown";}
    virtual QString compatVersion() {return "Unknown";}
    virtual QString vendor() {return "Unknown";}
    virtual QString copyright() {return "Unknown";}
    virtual QString license() {return "Unknown";}
    virtual QString description() {return "Unknown";}
    virtual QString url() {return "Unknown";}
    virtual QString category() {return "Unknown";}
};

} } //end namespace

Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(IPluginFactory,
                    "br.telemidia.pucrio.composer.IPluginFactory")

#endif // ILAYOUTPLUGIN_H