/* ============================================================
 *
 * This file is a part of digiKam project
 * http://www.digikam.org
 *
 * Date        : 2004-06-04
 * Description : image plugins loader for image editor.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2005 by Renchi Raju <renchi dot raju at gmail dot com>
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2015 by Gilles Caulier <caulier dot gilles at gmail dot com>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it
 * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
 * Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 * either version 2, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * ============================================================ */

#ifndef IMAGEPLUGINLOADER_H
#define IMAGEPLUGINLOADER_H

// Qt includes

#include <QObject>
#include <QString>
#include <QPair>

// Local includes

#include "digikam_export.h"
#include "imageplugin.h"

namespace Digikam
{

class SplashScreen;

class DIGIKAM_EXPORT ImagePluginLoader : public QObject
{

public:

    explicit ImagePluginLoader(QObject* const parent, SplashScreen* const splash = 0);
    ~ImagePluginLoader();

    static ImagePluginLoader* instance();

    QList<ImagePlugin*> pluginList() const;
    void loadPluginsFromList(const QStringList& list);

    /** Return true if plugin library is loaded in memory.
     *  'libraryName' is internal plugin library name not internationalized with i18n().
     */
    bool pluginLibraryIsLoaded(const QString& libraryName) const;

    ImagePlugin* pluginInstance(const QString& libraryName) const;

private:

    static ImagePluginLoader* m_instance;

    class Private;
    Private* const d;
};

}  // namespace Digikam

#endif /* IMAGEPLUGINLOADER_H */
