annotate vamp-sdk/hostext/PluginLoader.h @ 58:0284955e31e5 host-factory-stuff

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    Vamp

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    Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London.
    Copyright 2006 Chris Cannam.
  
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#ifndef _VAMP_PLUGIN_LOADER_H_
#define _VAMP_PLUGIN_LOADER_H_

#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <map>

namespace Vamp {

class Plugin;

class PluginLoader
{
public:
    PluginLoader();
    virtual ~PluginLoader();

    typedef std::string PluginKey;
    typedef std::vector<std::string> PluginCategoryHierarchy;

    std::vector<PluginKey> listPlugins(); //!!! pass in version number?

    //!!! want to be able to just "delete" the plugin later -- hence
    //have to consider library loading issues -- do we have a wrapper
    //class that tells us when it's been deleted, and keep a reference
    //count for the dynamic library?
    Plugin *load(PluginKey plugin, float inputSampleRate);

    PluginCategoryHierarchy getPluginCategory(PluginKey plugin);

    std::string getLibraryPathForPlugin(PluginKey plugin);

protected:
    std::map<PluginKey, std::string> m_pluginLibraryMap;
    std::map<PluginKey, PluginCategoryHierarchy> m_taxonomy;
    void generateTaxonomy();
    std::vector<std::string> getFilesInDir(std::string dir, std::string ext);
};

}


#endif