So basically i have a little application that loads two plugins and connect
them. First plugin after it's loaded it creates a label without any title which will be added to main window. Second plugin creates an action which will be added to a menu. So my app need just to load these plugins and to connect
them . What i mean by connecting them ? i mean that label plugin contains a slot which will modify label's title , and action plugin has a signal declared. Application should connect
action plugin signal with label slot. I do not know how to do it exactly. My guess is that in action plugin class implementation is to connect custom signal with a standart signal (triggered). But anyway this ways my app is not working as i expected. How can i make a correct connection in my app for a signal from one plugin and slot from another plugin ??
Here is my code for Label Plugin :
#include "LabelInterface.h"
class LabelPlugin : public LabelInterface {
Q_OBJECT
Q_INTERFACES(LabelInterface)
public:
QLabel* label;
QLabel* newLabel();
LabelPlugin() {}
~LabelPlugin() {}
public slots:
void setTextforLabel();
};
#include <QtGui>
#include "LabelPlugin.h"
QLabel* LabelPlugin::newLabel() {
label = new QLabel("");
return label;
}
void LabelPlugin::setTextforLabel() {
label->setText("This plugin works fine");
}
// Exporta plugin-ul
Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2 (labelplugin,LabelPlugin)
Action Plugin :
#include "ActionInterface.h"
class ActionPlugin : public ActionInterface {
Q_OBJECT
Q_INTERFACES (ActionInterface)
public :
QAction* myAction;
QAction* newAction();
~ActionPlugin () {}
ActionPlugin () {}
public slots:
void send_signal();
signals :
void pushMyAction();
};
#include <QtGui>
#include "ActionPlugin.h"
QAction* ActionPlugin::newAction() {
myAction = new QAction("Show text",this);
return myAction;
}
void ActionPlugin::send_signal() {
qDebug ()<<"Here";
QAction::connect (this,SIGNAL(pushMyAction()),this,SIGNAL(triggered()));
}
Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2 (actionplugin,ActionPlugin)
In my app , where i try to load plugins i have :
foreach (QString fileName, appDir.entryList(QDir::Files)) {
qDebug()<<QString(fileName);
QPluginLoader pluginLoader(appDir.absoluteFilePath(fileName));
QObject* plugin = pluginLoader.instance();
if (plugin) {
ActionInterface* myAction= qobject_cast<ActionInterface*>(plugin);
if (myAction) {
action_ = myAction;
pluginMenu->addAction(action_->newAction());
}
LabelInterface* myLabel = qobject_cast<LabelInterface*>(plugin);
if (myLabel) {
label_=myLabel;
layout->addWidget(label_->newLabel());
}
if (action_ && label_) {
qDebug()<<"both loaded";
action_->send_signal();
connect(action_, SIGNAL(pushMyAction()),label_, SLOT(setTextforLabel()));
}
else qDebug() << "seems one plugin is not loaded";
}
}