class Plugin

Public Methods

•  Plugin (const char *name)
•  Plugin ()
• virtual  ~Plugin ()
• virtual void  initialize ()
• virtual bool  isBusy () const

Detailed Description

Initialization and information about plugins. Plugins are located in shared libraries that are loaded at runtime.

 // Create static Plugin object by using the provided macro
 INIT_PLUGIN(Plugin);

Creates a new Plugin container.

Parameters:

name	the undecorated name of the library that contains the plugin

Creates a new Plugin container. Alternate constructor which is also the default.

[virtual]

Destroys the plugin. The destructor must never be called directly - the Loader will do it when refCount() reaches zero.

[pure virtual]

Initialize the plugin after it was loaded and registered.

[const virtual]

Check if the module is actively used.

Returns: True if the plugin is in use, false if should be ok to restart