source: code/trunk/src/libraries/core/module/PluginManager.h @ 12228

/*
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 *   Author:
 *      Fabian 'x3n' Landau
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 *      ...
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 */

#ifndef _PluginManager_H__
#define _PluginManager_H__

#include "core/CorePrereqs.h"

#include <map>
#include <string>
#include "util/Singleton.h"
#include "core/config/Configurable.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    class _CoreExport PluginManager : public Singleton<PluginManager>, public Configurable
    {
        friend class Singleton<PluginManager>;

        public:
            PluginManager();
            ~PluginManager();

            void setConfigValues();

            void findPlugins();

            void referencePlugin(const std::string& name);
            void dereferencePlugin(const std::string& name);

            // console commands
            void loadPlugin(const std::string& name);
            void unloadPlugin(const std::string& name);

        private:
            void changedConfigValue();

            std::map<std::string, Plugin*> plugins_;
            std::map<std::string, PluginReference*> references_; // references that were created by console command
            bool bMerelyDeactivatePlugins_;

            static PluginManager* singletonPtr_s;
    };
}

#endif /* _PluginManager_H__ */