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QgisPlugin Class Referenceabstract

Abstract base class from which all plugins must inherit. More...

#include <qgisplugin.h>

Public Types

enum  PluginType { UI = 1 , MapLayer , Renderer }
 Interface to gui element collection object. More...
 

Public Member Functions

 QgisPlugin (QString const &name="", QString const &description="", QString const &category="", QString const &version="", PluginType type=MapLayer)
 Constructor for QgisPlugin. More...
 
virtual ~QgisPlugin ()=default
 
QString & category ()
 Plugin category. More...
 
QString const & category () const
 Plugin category. More...
 
QString & description ()
 A brief description of the plugin. More...
 
QString const & description () const
 A brief description of the plugin. More...
 
virtual void initGui ()=0
 function to initialize connection to GUI More...
 
QString & name ()
 
QString const & name () const
 Gets the name of the plugin. More...
 
QgisPlugin::PluginTypetype ()
 Plugin type, either UI or map layer. More...
 
QgisPlugin::PluginType const & type () const
 Plugin type, either UI or map layer. More...
 
virtual void unload ()=0
 Unload the plugin and cleanup the GUI. More...
 
QString & version ()
 Version of the plugin. More...
 
QString const & version () const
 Version of the plugin. More...
 

Detailed Description

Abstract base class from which all plugins must inherit.

Note
not available in Python bindings

Definition at line 54 of file qgisplugin.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ PluginType

Interface to gui element collection object.

Element types that can be added to the interface

Enumerator
UI 

User interface plug-in.

MapLayer 

Map layer plug-in.

Renderer 

A plugin for a new renderer class.

Definition at line 73 of file qgisplugin.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QgisPlugin()

QgisPlugin::QgisPlugin ( QString const &  name = "",
QString const &  description = "",
QString const &  category = "",
QString const &  version = "",
PluginType  type = MapLayer 
)
inline

Constructor for QgisPlugin.

Definition at line 84 of file qgisplugin.h.

◆ ~QgisPlugin()

virtual QgisPlugin::~QgisPlugin ( )
virtualdefault

Member Function Documentation

◆ category() [1/2]

QString& QgisPlugin::category ( )
inline

Plugin category.

Definition at line 140 of file qgisplugin.h.

◆ category() [2/2]

QString const& QgisPlugin::category ( ) const
inline

Plugin category.

Definition at line 134 of file qgisplugin.h.

◆ description() [1/2]

QString& QgisPlugin::description ( )
inline

A brief description of the plugin.

Definition at line 128 of file qgisplugin.h.

◆ description() [2/2]

QString const& QgisPlugin::description ( ) const
inline

A brief description of the plugin.

Definition at line 122 of file qgisplugin.h.

◆ initGui()

virtual void QgisPlugin::initGui ( )
pure virtual

function to initialize connection to GUI

◆ name() [1/2]

QString& QgisPlugin::name ( )
inline

Definition at line 104 of file qgisplugin.h.

◆ name() [2/2]

QString const& QgisPlugin::name ( ) const
inline

Gets the name of the plugin.

Definition at line 99 of file qgisplugin.h.

◆ type() [1/2]

QgisPlugin::PluginType& QgisPlugin::type ( )
inline

Plugin type, either UI or map layer.

Definition at line 153 of file qgisplugin.h.

◆ type() [2/2]

QgisPlugin::PluginType const& QgisPlugin::type ( ) const
inline

Plugin type, either UI or map layer.

Definition at line 146 of file qgisplugin.h.

◆ unload()

virtual void QgisPlugin::unload ( )
pure virtual

Unload the plugin and cleanup the GUI.

◆ version() [1/2]

QString& QgisPlugin::version ( )
inline

Version of the plugin.

Definition at line 116 of file qgisplugin.h.

◆ version() [2/2]

QString const& QgisPlugin::version ( ) const
inline

Version of the plugin.

Definition at line 110 of file qgisplugin.h.


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