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Plugin Dependancies #33

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
There should be some mechanism for plugins to depend on other plugins.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by evan.teran on 3 Oct 2012 at 3:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I added a "findPluginByName" to the edb::v1 namespace. This will allow a plugin 
which knows the interface (via a header) of another plugin to request a pointer 
that plugin. It will return NULL if the plugin was not found. Since there is no 
guarantee in the load ordering, you should wait till at least the plugin's menu 
method is called to ensure all plugins have been loaded.

Eventually I will try to add an "event" to the plugin interface which will 
allow the plugins to know all others have been loaded. And hopefully at some 
point there will be some sort of dependency tree system where plugins can say 
they cannot operate without another's help.

At this point robustness when lacking a dependancy is entirely in the hands of 
the plugin itself...but it's a start.

Original comment by evan.teran on 3 Oct 2012 at 3:43