pluginmanager 0.4.1

Python Plugin Management, simplified

.. pluginmanager documentation master file, created by
sphinx-quickstart on Wed Dec 9 22:32:56 2015.
You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
contain the root `toctree` directive.

.. testsetup:: quickstart

import os
from pluginmanager.tests.compat import tempfile
tempdirectory = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
plugin_directory_path = tempdirectory.name
path = os.path.join(tempdirectory.name, 'test.py')
with open(path, 'w+') as f:
f.write('from pluginmanager import IPlugin\nclass Test(IPlugin):\n pass')

pluginmanager
=============
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python plugin management, simplified.


`Documentation <http://pluginmanager.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_

`Source Code <https://github.com/benhoff/pluginmanager>`_

Library under development. Contains rough edges/unfinished functionality. API subject to changes.

Installation
------------

::

pip install pluginmanager

-or- ::

pip install git+https://github.com/benhoff/pluginmanager.git

Quickstart
----------

::

from pluginmanager import PluginInterface

plugin_interface = PluginInterface()
plugin_interface.set_plugin_directories(plugin_directory_path)
plugin_interface.collect_plugins()

plugins = plugin_interface.get_instances()


Custom Plugins
--------------

The quickstart will only work if you subclass `IPlugin` for your custom plugins.

::

import pluginmanager

class MyCustomPlugin(pluginmanager.IPlugin):
def __init__(self):
self.name = 'custom_name'
super().__init__()

Or register your class as subclass of IPlugin.

::

import pluginmanager

pluginmanager.IPlugin.register(YourClassHere)

Add Plugins Manually
--------------------
Add classes.

::

import pluginmanager

class CustomClass(pluginmanager.IPlugin):
pass

plugin_interface = pluginmanager.PluginInterface()
plugin_interface.add_plugins(CustomClass)

plugins = plugin_interface.get_instances()


Alternatively, add instances.

::

import pluginmanager

class CustomClass(pluginmanager.IPlugin):
pass

custom_class_instance = CustomClass()

plugin_interface = pluginmanager.PluginInterface()
plugin_interface.add_plugins(custom_class_instance)

plugins = plugin_interface.get_instances()


pluginmanager is defaulted to automatically instantiate unique instances. Disable automatic instantiation.

::

import pluginmanager

plugin_interface = pluginmanager.PluginInterface()
plugin_manager = plugin_interface.plugin_manager

plugin_manager.instantiate_classes = False

Disable uniqueness (Only one instance of class per pluginmanager)

::

import pluginmanager

plugin_interface = pluginmanager.PluginInterface()
plugin_manager = plugin_interface.plugin_manager

plugin_manager.unique_instances = False

Filter Instances
----------------

Pass in a class to get back just the instances of a class

::

import pluginmanager

class MyPluginClass(pluginmanager.IPlugin):
pass

plugin_interface = pluginmanager.PluginInterface()
plugin_interface.add_plugins(MyPluginClass)

all_instances_of_class = plugin_interface.get_instances(MyPluginClass)


Alternatively, create and pass in your own custom filters. Either make a class based filter

::

# create a custom plugin class
class Plugin(pluginmanager.IPlugin):
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name

# create a custom filter
class NameFilter(object):
def __init__(self, name):
self.stored_name = name

def __call__(self, plugins):
result = []
for plugin in plugins:
if plugin.name == self.stored_name:
result.append(plugin)
return result

# create an instance of our custom filter
mypluginclass_name_filter = NameFilter('good plugin')

plugin_interface = pluginmanager.PluginInterface()
plugin_interface.add_plugins([Plugin('good plugin'),
Plugin('bad plugin')])

filtered_plugins = plugin_interface.get_instances(mypluginclass_name_filter)


Or make a function based filter

::

# create a custom plugin class
class Plugin(pluginmanager.IPlugin):
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name

# create a function based filter
def custom_filter(plugins):
result = []
for plugin in plugins:
if plugin.name == 'good plugin':
result.append(plugin)
return result

plugin_interface = pluginmanager.PluginInterface()
plugin_interface.add_plugins([Plugin('good plugin'),
Plugin('bad plugin')])

filtered_plugins = plugin_interface.get_instances(mypluginclass_name_filter)


Class Overview
--------------

.. currentmodule:: pluginmanager
.. autosummary::
:toctree: stubs

DirectoryManager
FileManager
ModuleManager
PluginManager
PluginInterface


Indices and tables
==================

* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`

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.. testcleanup::
tempdirectory.cleanup()