###########################################################################
#
# plugout.pm -- functions to handle using plugouts
# 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
#
# 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 of the License, or
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#
# 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.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
#
###########################################################################

package plugout;

use strict; # to pick up typos and undeclared variables...
no strict 'refs'; # ...but allow filehandles to be variables and vice versa
no strict 'subs';

require util;
use gsprintf 'gsprintf';

# global variables
my $stats = {'num_processed' => 0,
	     'num_blocked' => 0,
	     'num_not_processed' => 0,
	     'num_not_recognised' => 0,
	     'num_archives' => 0
	     };

#globaloptions contains any options that should be passed to all plugins
my ($verbosity, $outhandle, $failhandle, $globaloptions);

sub load_plugout{
    my ($plugoutname,$plugout_options) = @_;

    my $colplugdir = &util::filename_cat($ENV{'GSDLCOLLECTDIR'},"perllib/plugouts");
     unshift (@INC, $colplugdir);

    # find the plugout
    my $colplugname = &util::filename_cat($ENV{'GSDLCOLLECTDIR'},"perllib/plugouts", 
					  "${plugoutname}.pm");
    my $mainplugname = &util::filename_cat($ENV{'GSDLHOME'},"perllib/plugouts", 
					   "${plugoutname}.pm");
    if (-e $colplugname) { require $colplugname; }
    elsif (-e $mainplugname) { require $mainplugname; }
    else {
	&gsprintf(STDERR, "{plugout.could_not_find_plugout}\n",
		 $plugoutname);
	die "\n";
    }

    # create a plugout object
    my ($plugobj);

    eval ("\$plugobj = new \$plugoutname([],\$plugout_options)");
    die "$@" if $@;

    return $plugobj;
}

1;