PluginFactory creation

crizos

Hi all,

I am trying to create custom plugins using PluginFactory, all based on the example provided from the PluginFactory API reference. I noticed that each time I create a new plugin, the create_plugin of the previous plugins is called again. Is that the intended behavior? Could we somehow stop this from happening?

Thank you

crizos

Hi all.

Looking back at the documentation, my issue may lie in the fact that I do not have a menu entry but only trigger it by code (creating only a hidden tool button in the toolbar), and for each view I create, it also creates a new plugin (?). So probably, the solution may be in this line in the documentation:
Provide global functionality (independent from the layout view) using configure or menu_activated

Guessing that the latter may need a menu, does anyone know how I can "configure" the plugin to provide it as a global functionality?

Chris

Matthias

Hi Chris,

yes it is intended that "create_plugin" is called. In fact this is called pretty often, specifically if a layout view refreshes.

If you provide some sample code, maybe it is easier to understand what you are trying to do.

"configure" is a way to send key/value pairs to a plugin class. There is a global configuration parameter space that can be written using Application#set_config. The key/values are dispatched to all plugin instances and the factory itself. So basically that is a way to pass information from the application to the plugin.

But having one plugin per view is the core concept of the Plugin API. So why would you use a plugin if you're not interested in creating one per view?

Matthias