Engine

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Description:

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Properties:

• public string[] loaded_plugins { owned get; set; }
  The list of loaded plugins.
• public bool nonglobal_loaders { get; construct; }
  If non-global plugin loaders should be used.
• public void* plugin_list { get; }
  The list of found plugins.

Static methods:

• public static unowned Engine get_default ()
  Return the existing instance of Engine or a subclass of it.

Creation methods:

• public Engine ()
  Return a new instance of Engine.
• public Engine.with_nonglobal_loaders ()
  Return a new instance of Engine which will use non-global plugin loaders instead of the default global ones.

Methods:

• public void add_search_path (string module_dir, string? data_dir)
  Appends a search path to the list of paths where to look for plugins.
• public Extension create_extension (PluginInfo info, Type extension_type, ...)
  If the plugin identified by info implements the extension_type, then this function will return a new instance of this implementation, wrapped in a new [alias@Extension] instance.
• public Extension create_extension_with_properties (PluginInfo info, Type extension_type, string[] prop_names, Value[] prop_values)
  If the plugin identified by info implements the extension_type, then this function will return a new instance of this implementation, wrapped in a new [alias@Extension] instance.
• public Extension create_extensionv (PluginInfo info, Type extension_type, Parameter[]? parameters)
  If the plugin identified by info implements the extension_type, then this function will return a new instance of this implementation, wrapped in a new [alias@Extension] instance.
• public void enable_loader (string loader_name)
  Enable a loader, enables a loader for plugins.
• public void garbage_collect ()
  Triggers garbage collection on all the loaders currently owned by the Engine.
• public string[] get_loaded_plugins ()
  Returns the list of the names of all the loaded plugins.
• public unowned PluginInfo get_plugin_info (string plugin_name)
  Gets the [struct@PluginInfo] corresponding with plugin_name, or null if plugin_name was not found.
• public unowned List<PluginInfo> get_plugin_list ()
  Returns the list of [struct@PluginInfo] known to the engine.
• public void prepend_search_path (string module_dir, string? data_dir)
  Prepends a search path to the list of paths where to look for plugins.
• public bool provides_extension (PluginInfo info, Type extension_type)
  Returns if info provides an extension for extension_type .
• public void rescan_plugins ()
  Rescan all the registered directories to find new or updated plugins.
• public void set_loaded_plugins (string[]? plugin_names)
  Sets the list of loaded plugins for this.
• public bool try_load_plugin (PluginInfo info)
• public bool try_unload_plugin (PluginInfo info)

Signals:

• public virtual signal void load_plugin (PluginInfo info)
  The load-plugin signal is emitted when a plugin is being loaded.
• public virtual signal void unload_plugin (PluginInfo info)
  The unload-plugin signal is emitted when a plugin is being unloaded.

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