source: trunk/gsdl/perllib/plugin.pm@ 835

###########################################################################
#
# plugin.pm -- functions to handle using plugins
# A component of the Greenstone digital library software
# from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the 
# University of Waikato, New Zealand.
#
# Copyright (C) 1999 New Zealand Digital Library Project
#
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#
###########################################################################

package plugin;

require util;

sub load_plugins {
    my ($plugin_list) = @_;
    my @plugin_objects = ();

    foreach $pluginoptions (@$plugin_list) {
    my $pluginname = shift @$pluginoptions;
    next unless defined $pluginname;

    # find the plugin
    my $colplugname = &util::filename_cat($ENV{'GSDLCOLLECTDIR'},"perllib/plugins", 
                          "${pluginname}.pm");
    my $mainplugname = &util::filename_cat($ENV{'GSDLHOME'},"perllib/plugins", 
                           "${pluginname}.pm");
    if (-e $colplugname) { require $colplugname; }
    elsif (-e $mainplugname) { require $mainplugname; }
    else { die "ERROR - couldn't find plugin \"$pluginname\"\n"; }

    # create a plugin object
    my ($plugobj);
    map { $_ = "\"$_\""; } @$pluginoptions;
    my $options = join (",", @$pluginoptions);
    eval ("\$plugobj = new \$pluginname($options)");
    die "$@" if $@;
    
    # add this object to the list
    push (@plugin_objects, $plugobj);
    }

    return \@plugin_objects;
}


sub begin {
    my ($pluginfo, $base_dir, $processor, $maxdocs) = @_;

    map { $_->begin($pluginfo, $base_dir, $processor, $maxdocs); } @$pluginfo;
}

sub read {
    my ($pluginfo, $base_dir, $file, $metadata, $processor, $maxdocs, $aux) = @_;

    $maxdocs = -1 unless defined $maxdocs && $maxdocs =~ /\d/;
    my $rv = 0;

    # pass this file by each of the plugins in turn until one
    # is found which will process it
    foreach $plugobj (@$pluginfo) {
    $rv = $plugobj->read($pluginfo, $base_dir, $file, 
                 $metadata, $processor, $maxdocs, $aux);
    return $rv if defined $rv;
    }
    
    if (defined $processor->{'verbosity'} && $processor->{'verbosity'} >= 2) {
    print STDERR "WARNING - no plugin could process " . 
        &util::filename_cat($base_dir,$file) . "\n";
    }
    return 0;
}

sub end {
    my  ($pluginfo) = @_;
    map { $_->end(); } @$pluginfo;
}

1;