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/lib/classes/plugininfo/ -> base.php (source)
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Defines classes used for plugin info.
| Copyright: | 2011 David Mudrak <david@moodle.com> |
| License: | http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later |
| File Size: | 659 lines (23 kb) |
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| Includes or requires: | 0 files |
Defines 1 class
base:: (32 methods):
get_enabled_plugins()
enable_plugin()
get_enabled_plugin()
get_plugins()
make_plugin_instance()
is_installed_and_upgraded()
init_display_name()
__get()
full_path()
load_disk_version()
get_other_required_plugins()
is_subplugin()
get_parent_plugin()
load_db_version()
init_is_standard()
is_standard()
is_core_dependency_satisfied()
is_core_compatible_satisfied()
get_status()
is_enabled()
available_updates()
get_settings_section_name()
get_settings_url()
load_settings()
is_uninstall_allowed()
get_uninstall_extra_warning()
uninstall_cleanup()
get_dir()
uninstall()
get_return_url_after_uninstall()
get_manage_url()
get_default_uninstall_url()
Base class providing access to the information about a plugin
| get_enabled_plugins() X-Ref |
| Finds all enabled plugins, the result may include missing plugins. return: array|null of enabled plugins $pluginname=>$pluginname, null means unknown |
| enable_plugin(string $pluginname, int $enabled) X-Ref |
| Enable or disable a plugin. When possible, the change will be stored into the config_log table, to let admins check when/who has modified it. param: string $pluginname The plugin name to enable/disable. param: int $enabled Whether the pluginname should be enabled (1) or not (0). This is an integer because some plugins, such return: bool Whether $pluginname has been updated or not. |
| get_enabled_plugin(string $pluginname) X-Ref |
| Returns current status for a pluginname. param: string $pluginname The plugin name to check. return: int The current status (enabled, disabled...) of $pluginname. |
| get_plugins($type, $typerootdir, $typeclass, $pluginman) X-Ref |
| Gathers and returns the information about all plugins of the given type, either on disk or previously installed. This is supposed to be used exclusively by the plugin manager when it is populating its tree of plugins. param: string $type the name of the plugintype, eg. mod, auth or workshopform param: string $typerootdir full path to the location of the plugin dir param: string $typeclass the name of the actually called class param: core_plugin_manager $pluginman the plugin manager calling this method return: array of plugintype classes, indexed by the plugin name |
| make_plugin_instance($type, $typerootdir, $name, $namerootdir, $typeclass, $pluginman) X-Ref |
| Makes a new instance of the plugininfo class param: string $type the plugin type, eg. 'mod' param: string $typerootdir full path to the location of all the plugins of this type param: string $name the plugin name, eg. 'workshop' param: string $namerootdir full path to the location of the plugin param: string $typeclass the name of class that holds the info about the plugin param: core_plugin_manager $pluginman the plugin manager of the new instance return: base the instance of $typeclass |
| is_installed_and_upgraded() X-Ref |
| Is this plugin already installed and updated? return: bool true if plugin installed and upgraded. |
| init_display_name() X-Ref |
| Sets {@link $displayname} property to a localized name of the plugin |
| __get($name) X-Ref |
| Magic method getter, redirects to read only values. param: string $name return: mixed |
| full_path($relativepath) X-Ref |
| Return the full path name of a file within the plugin. No check is made to see if the file exists. param: string $relativepath e.g. 'version.php'. return: string e.g. $CFG->dirroot . '/mod/quiz/version.php'. |
| load_disk_version() X-Ref |
| Sets {@link $versiondisk} property to a numerical value representing the version of the plugin's source code. If the value is null after calling this method, either the plugin does not use versioning (typically does not have any database data) or is missing from disk. |
| get_other_required_plugins() X-Ref |
| Get the list of other plugins that this plugin requires to be installed. return: array with keys the frankenstyle plugin name, and values either |
| is_subplugin() X-Ref |
| Is this is a subplugin? return: boolean |
| get_parent_plugin() X-Ref |
| If I am a subplugin, return the name of my parent plugin. return: string|bool false if not a subplugin, name of the parent otherwise |
| load_db_version() X-Ref |
| Sets {@link $versiondb} property to a numerical value representing the currently installed version of the plugin. If the value is null after calling this method, either the plugin does not use versioning (typically does not have any database data) or has not been installed yet. |
| init_is_standard() X-Ref |
| Sets {@link $source} property to one of core_plugin_manager::PLUGIN_SOURCE_xxx constants. If the property's value is null after calling this method, then the type of the plugin has not been recognized and you should throw an exception. |
| is_standard() X-Ref |
| Returns true if the plugin is shipped with the official distribution of the current Moodle version, false otherwise. return: bool |
| is_core_dependency_satisfied($moodleversion) X-Ref |
| Returns true if the the given Moodle version is enough to run this plugin param: string|int|double $moodleversion return: bool |
| is_core_compatible_satisfied(int $branch) X-Ref |
| Returns true if the the given moodle branch is not stated incompatible with the plugin param: int $branch the moodle branch number return: bool true if not incompatible with moodle branch |
| get_status() X-Ref |
| Returns the status of the plugin return: string one of core_plugin_manager::PLUGIN_STATUS_xxx constants |
| is_enabled() X-Ref |
| Returns the information about plugin availability True means that the plugin is enabled. False means that the plugin is disabled. Null means that the information is not available, or the plugin does not support configurable availability or the availability can not be changed. return: null|bool |
| available_updates() X-Ref |
| If there are updates for this plugin available, returns them. Returns array of {@link \core\update\info} objects, if some update is available. Returns null if there is no update available or if the update availability is unknown. Populates the property {@link $availableupdates} on first call (lazy loading). return: array|null |
| get_settings_section_name() X-Ref |
| Returns the node name used in admin settings menu for this plugin settings (if applicable) return: null|string node name or null if plugin does not create settings node (default) |
| get_settings_url() X-Ref |
| Returns the URL of the plugin settings screen Null value means that the plugin either does not have the settings screen or its location is not available via this library. return: null|moodle_url |
| load_settings(\part_of_admin_tree $adminroot, $parentnodename, $hassiteconfig) X-Ref |
| Loads plugin settings to the settings tree This function usually includes settings.php file in plugins folder. Alternatively it can create a link to some settings page (instance of admin_externalpage) param: \part_of_admin_tree $adminroot param: string $parentnodename param: bool $hassiteconfig whether the current user has moodle/site:config capability |
| is_uninstall_allowed() X-Ref |
| Should there be a way to uninstall the plugin via the administration UI. By default uninstallation is not allowed, plugin developers must enable it explicitly! return: bool |
| get_uninstall_extra_warning() X-Ref |
| Optional extra warning before uninstallation, for example number of uses in courses. return: string |
| uninstall_cleanup() X-Ref |
| Pre-uninstall hook. This is intended for disabling of plugin, some DB table purging, etc. NOTE: to be called from uninstall_plugin() only. |
| get_dir() X-Ref |
| Returns relative directory of the plugin with heading '/' return: string |
| uninstall(\progress_trace $progress) X-Ref |
| Hook method to implement certain steps when uninstalling the plugin. This hook is called by {@link core_plugin_manager::uninstall_plugin()} so it is basically usable only for those plugin types that use the default uninstall tool provided by {@link self::get_default_uninstall_url()}. param: \progress_trace $progress traces the process return: bool true on success, false on failure |
| get_return_url_after_uninstall($return) X-Ref |
| Where should we return after plugin of this type is uninstalled? param: string $return return: moodle_url |
| get_manage_url() X-Ref |
| Return URL used for management of plugins of this type. return: moodle_url |
| get_default_uninstall_url($return = 'overview') X-Ref |
| Returns URL to a script that handles common plugin uninstall procedure. This URL is intended for all plugin uninstallations. param: string $return either 'overview' or 'manage' return: moodle_url |
