1 // Created on: 1997-02-28
2 // Created by: Jean-Louis Frenkel
3 // Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Matra Datavision
4 // Copyright (c) 1999-2014 OPEN CASCADE SAS
6 // This file is part of Open CASCADE Technology software library.
8 // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
9 // the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 as published
10 // by the Free Software Foundation, with special exception defined in the file
11 // OCCT_LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt. Consult the file LICENSE_LGPL_21.txt included in OCCT
12 // distribution for complete text of the license and disclaimer of any warranty.
14 // Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of Open CASCADE
15 // commercial license or contractual agreement.
17 #ifndef _Plugin_HeaderFile
18 #define _Plugin_HeaderFile
20 #include <Standard.hxx>
21 #include <Standard_DefineAlloc.hxx>
22 #include <Standard_Handle.hxx>
24 #include <Standard_Boolean.hxx>
25 class Standard_Transient;
27 class Resource_Manager;
38 Standard_EXPORT static Handle(Standard_Transient) Load (const Standard_GUID& aGUID, const Standard_Boolean theVerbose = Standard_True);
40 //! Returns a global map of {guid, plugin_library} pairs.
41 //! The Load() method will use this map to search for plugins if and only if
42 //! the GUID is not found in the Plugin file specified by the CSF_PluginDefaults
43 //! (or CSF_PluginUserDefaults) environment variable, or if they are not defined.
45 //! This allows to populate this additional resource manager
46 //! in run-time and to avoid using the above environment variables.
47 //! This map must be populated (using Resource_Manager::SetResource() method)
48 //! following syntax conventions of the Plugin file, for instance:
49 //! const Handle(Resource_Manager)& aPluginMap = Plugin::AdditionalPluginMap();
50 //! aPluginMap->SetResource ("ad696000-5b34-11d1-b5ba-00a0c9064368.Location", "TKStdSchema");
51 Standard_EXPORT static const Handle(Resource_Manager)& AdditionalPluginMap();
76 #endif // _Plugin_HeaderFile