glib/gio/giomodule.h
Alexander Larsson 488bede191 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.
2010-01-12 16:31:29 +01:00

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/* GIO - GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library
*
* Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Red Hat, Inc.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
* Public License along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
* Author: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
*/
#if !defined (__GIO_GIO_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GIO_COMPILATION)
#error "Only <gio/gio.h> can be included directly."
#endif
#ifndef __G_IO_MODULE_H__
#define __G_IO_MODULE_H__
#include <gio/giotypes.h>
#include <gmodule.h>
G_BEGIN_DECLS
#define G_IO_TYPE_MODULE (g_io_module_get_type ())
#define G_IO_MODULE(o) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModule))
#define G_IO_MODULE_CLASS(k) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((k), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModuleClass))
#define G_IO_IS_MODULE(o) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE))
#define G_IO_IS_MODULE_CLASS(k) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((k), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE))
#define G_IO_MODULE_GET_CLASS(o) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((o), G_IO_TYPE_MODULE, GIOModuleClass))
/**
* GIOModule:
*
* Opaque module base class for extending GIO.
**/
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);
GIOExtensionPoint *g_io_extension_point_lookup (const char *name);
void g_io_extension_point_set_required_type (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point,
GType type);
GType g_io_extension_point_get_required_type (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point);
GList *g_io_extension_point_get_extensions (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point);
GIOExtension * g_io_extension_point_get_extension_by_name (GIOExtensionPoint *extension_point,
const char *name);
GIOExtension * g_io_extension_point_implement (const char *extension_point_name,
GType type,
const char *extension_name,
gint priority);
GType g_io_extension_get_type (GIOExtension *extension);
const char * g_io_extension_get_name (GIOExtension *extension);
gint g_io_extension_get_priority (GIOExtension *extension);
GTypeClass* g_io_extension_ref_class (GIOExtension *extension);
/* API for the modules to implement */
/**
* g_io_module_load:
* @module: a #GIOModule.
*
* Required API for GIO modules to implement.
* This function is ran after the module has been loaded into GIO,
* to initialize the module.
**/
void g_io_module_load (GIOModule *module);
/**
* g_io_module_unload:
* @module: a #GIOModule.
*
* Required API for GIO modules to implement.
* This function is ran when the module is being unloaded from GIO,
* to finalize the 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__ */