Registry

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Description:

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Static methods:

• public static unowned Registry get_default ()
  As the registry is designed to work as a singleton, this method is in charge of creating the only instance or returned it if it is already in memory.

Creation methods:

• protected Registry ()

Methods:

• public bool activate_all_plugins ()
  Activate all the plugins loaded.
• public bool activate_plugin_by_id (string plugin_id) throws Error
  Activates plugin identified by plugin_id.
• public bool add_config (owned Config config) throws Error
  Add a configuration for a plugin/source.
• public bool add_config_from_file (string config_file) throws Error
  Load plugin configurations from a .
• public bool add_config_from_resource (string resource_path) throws Error
  Load plugin configurations from a .
• public void add_directory (string path)
  Set this path as part of default paths to load plugins.
• public List<KeyID> get_metadata_keys ()
  Returns a list with all registered keys in system.
• public List<unowned Plugin> get_plugins (bool only_loaded)
  This function will return all the available plugins in the this.
• public List<unowned Source> get_sources (bool ranked)
  This function will return all the available sources in the this.
• public List<unowned Source> get_sources_by_operations (SupportedOps ops, bool ranked)
  Give an array of all the available sources in the this capable of perform the operations requested in ops.
• public bool load_all_plugins (bool activate) throws Error
  Load all the modules available in the default directory path.
• public bool load_plugin (string library_filename) throws Error
  Loads a module from shared object file stored in path
• public bool load_plugin_directory (string path) throws Error
  Loads a set of modules from directory in path which contains a group shared object files.
• public KeyID lookup_metadata_key (string key_name)
  Look up for the metadata key with name key_name.
• public unowned string lookup_metadata_key_desc (KeyID key)
  Returns key description.
• public unowned string lookup_metadata_key_name (KeyID key)
  Returns key name.
• public unowned List<KeyID> lookup_metadata_key_relation (KeyID key)
  Look up the list of keys that have a relation with key.
• public Type lookup_metadata_key_type (KeyID key)
  Returns key expected value type.
• public unowned Plugin lookup_plugin (string plugin_id)
  This function will search and retrieve a plugin given its identifier.
• public unowned Source lookup_source (string source_id)
  This function will search and retrieve a source given its identifier.
• public bool metadata_key_validate (KeyID key, Value value)
  Validates value content complies with the key specification.
• public KeyID register_metadata_key (owned ParamSpec param_spec, KeyID bind_key) throws Error
  Registers a new metadata key, creating a relation between the new key and bind_key.
• public bool register_source (Plugin plugin, owned Source source) throws Error
  Register a source in the this with the given plugin information
• public bool unload_plugin (string plugin_id) throws Error
  Unload from memory a module identified by plugin_id.
• public bool unregister_source (Source source) throws Error
  Removes the source from the this hash table

Signals:

• public signal void metadata_key_added (string key)
  Signals that a new metadata key has been registered.
• public signal void source_added (Source source)
  Signals that a source has been added to the registry.
• public signal void source_removed (Source source)
  Signals that a source has been removed from the registry.

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