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yapsy/yapsy/IPlugin.py
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# -*- coding: utf-8; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t; python-indent: 4 -*-
"""
Role
====
Defines the basic interfaces for a plugin. These interfaces are
inherited by the *core* class of a plugin. The *core* class of a
plugin is then the one that will be notified the
activation/deactivation of a plugin via the ``activate/deactivate``
methods.
For simple (near trivial) plugin systems, one can directly use the
following interfaces.
Extensibility
=============
In your own software, you'll probably want to build derived classes of
the ``IPlugin`` class as it is a mere interface with no specific
functionality.
Your software's plugins should then inherit your very own plugin class
(itself derived from ``IPlugin``).
Where and how to code these plugins is explained in the section about
the :doc:`PluginManager`.
API
===
"""
class IPlugin(object):
"""
The most simple interface to be inherited when creating a plugin.
"""
def __init__(self):
self.is_activated = False
def activate(self):
"""
Called at plugin activation.
"""
self.is_activated = True
def deactivate(self):
"""
Called when the plugin is disabled.
"""
self.is_activated = False