src/terralib/core/plugin/Utils.h

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/*
  Copyright (C) 2008 National Institute For Space Research (INPE) - Brazil.

  This file is part of the TerraLib - a Framework for building GIS enabled
  applications.

  TerraLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
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 */

/*!
  \file terralib/core/plugin/Utils.h

  \brief General utilities for plugins.

  \author Gilberto Ribeiro de Queiroz
  \author Matheus Cavassan Zaglia

 */

#ifndef __TERRALIB_CORE_UTILS_FINDERS_H__
#define __TERRALIB_CORE_UTILS_FINDERS_H__

// TerraLib
#include "../Config.h"
#include "PluginInfo.h"

// STL
#include <string>
#include <vector>

namespace te
{
  namespace core
  {
    namespace plugin
    {
      TECOREEXPORT void InitializePluginSystem();

      TECOREEXPORT void FinalizePluginSystem();

      /*! A plugin finder that search for plugins in some special directories
       * defined by compile time macros. */
      TECOREEXPORT std::vector<PluginInfo> TopologicalSort(
          const std::vector<PluginInfo>& v_pinfo);

      TECOREEXPORT void LoadAll(bool start = true);

      TECOREEXPORT void UnloadAll();

      TECOREEXPORT void UnloadPlugin(const std::string& plugin_name);
    }
  }  // end namespace core
}  // end namespace te

#endif  // __TERRALIB_CORE_UTILS_FINDERS_H__