Add support for lazy loading of giomodules

Adds an optional query method to giomodules which should return all
possible extension points the module may implement.

Then we add a new call g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory() similar to
g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory() that doesn't return all loaded
modules, thus allowing lazy loading.

In g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory we look for an optional
giomodule.cache file and use the information in that to avoid
loading modules until they are needed for an extension point.
This commit is contained in:
Alexander Larsson
2010-01-12 11:36:12 +01:00
parent 6aa1aef556
commit 488bede191
3 changed files with 222 additions and 21 deletions

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@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ typedef struct _GIOModuleClass GIOModuleClass;
GType g_io_module_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
GIOModule *g_io_module_new (const gchar *filename);
void g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory (const char *dirname);
GList *g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory (const gchar *dirname);
GIOExtensionPoint *g_io_extension_point_register (const char *name);
@@ -92,6 +93,36 @@ void g_io_module_load (GIOModule *module);
**/
void g_io_module_unload (GIOModule *module);
/**
* g_io_module_query:
*
* Optional API for GIO modules to implement.
*
* Should return a list of all the extension points that may be
* implemented in this module.
*
* This method will not be called in normal use, however it may be
* called when probing existing modules and recording which extension
* points that this modle is used for. This means we won't have to
* load and initialze this module unless its needed
*
* If this function is not implemented by the module the module will
* always be loaded, initialized and then unloaded on application startup
* so that it can register its extension points during init.
*
* Note that a module need not actually implement all the extension points
* that g_io_module_query returns, since the exact list of extension may
* depend on runtime issues. However all extension points actually implemented
* must be returned by g_io_module_query (if defined).
*
* When installing a module that implements g_io_module_query you must
* run gio-querymodules in order to build the cache files required for
* lazy loading.
*
* Since: 2.24
**/
char **g_io_module_query (void);
G_END_DECLS
#endif /* __G_IO_MODULE_H__ */