comparison plugin/PluginInstance.h @ 50:080ad875395a

* Pull out parameter/description query methods from FeatureExtractionPlugin
  into new PluginInstance base class

+/* -*- c-basic-offset: 4 indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-  vi:set ts=8 sts=4 sw=4: */
+
+/*
+    A waveform viewer and audio annotation editor.
+    Chris Cannam, Queen Mary University of London, 2005-2006
+    
+    This is experimental software.  Not for distribution.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _PLUGIN_INSTANCE_H_
+#define _PLUGIN_INSTANCE_H_
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+/**
+ * A base class for plugins with optional configurable parameters,
+ * programs, etc.
+ *
+ * This does not provide the necessary interfaces to instantiate or
+ * run a plugin -- that depends on the plugin subclass, as different
+ * plugin types may have quite different operating structures.  This
+ * class just specifies the necessary interface to show editable
+ * controls for the plugin to the user.
+ */
+
+class PluginInstance
+{
+public:
+    /**
+     * Get the computer-usable name of the plugin.  This should be
+     * reasonably short and contain no whitespace or punctuation
+     * characters.  It may be shown to the user, but it won't be the
+     * main method for a user to identify a plugin (that will be the
+     * description, below).
+     */
+    virtual std::string getName() const = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Get a human-readable description of the plugin.  This should be
+     * self-contained, as it may be shown to the user in isolation
+     * without also showing the plugin's "name".
+     */
+    virtual std::string getDescription() const = 0;
+    
+    /**
+     * Get the name of the author or vendor of the plugin in
+     * human-readable form.
+     */
+    virtual std::string getMaker() const = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the version number of the plugin.
+     */
+    virtual int getPluginVersion() const = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the copyright statement or licensing summary of the plugin.
+     */
+    virtual std::string getCopyright() const = 0;
+
+
+    struct ParameterDescriptor
+    {
+	/**
+	 * The name of the parameter, in computer-usable form.  Should
+	 * be reasonably short and without whitespace or punctuation.
+	 */
+	std::string name;
+
+	/**
+	 * The human-readable name of the parameter.
+	 */
+	std::string description;
+
+	/**
+	 * The unit of the parameter, in human-readable form.
+	 */
+	std::string unit;
+
+	/**
+	 * The minimum value of the parameter.
+	 */
+	float minValue;
+
+	/**
+	 * The maximum value of the parameter.
+	 */
+	float maxValue;
+
+	/**
+	 * The default value of the parameter.
+	 */
+	float defaultValue;
+	
+	/**
+	 * True if the parameter values are quantized to a particular
+	 * resolution.
+	 */
+	bool isQuantized;
+
+	/**
+	 * Quantization resolution of the parameter values (e.g. 1.0
+	 * if they are all integers).  Undefined if isQuantized is
+	 * false.
+	 */
+	float quantizeStep;
+    };
+
+    typedef std::vector<ParameterDescriptor> ParameterList;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the controllable parameters of this plugin.
+     */
+    virtual ParameterList getParameterDescriptors() const {
+	return ParameterList();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the value of a named parameter.  The argument is the name
+     * field from that parameter's descriptor.
+     */
+    virtual float getParameter(std::string) const { return 0.0; }
+
+    /**
+     * Set a named parameter.  The first argument is the name field
+     * from that parameter's descriptor.
+     */
+    virtual void setParameter(std::string, float) { } 
+
+    
+    typedef std::vector<std::string> ProgramList;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the program settings available in this plugin.
+     * The programs must have unique names.
+     */
+    virtual ProgramList getPrograms() const { return ProgramList(); }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the current program.
+     */
+    virtual std::string getCurrentProgram() const { return ""; }
+
+    /**
+     * Select a program.  (If the given program name is not one of the
+     * available programs, do nothing.)
+     */
+    virtual void selectProgram(std::string) { }
+};
+
+#endif