Nuclex.Support/Source/Plugins/PluginHost.cs

#region CPL License
/*
Nuclex Framework
Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Nuclex Development Labs

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the IBM Common Public License as
published by the IBM Corporation; either version 1.0 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library 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
IBM Common Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the IBM Common Public
License along with this library
*/
#endregion

using System;
using System.Reflection;

namespace Nuclex.Support.Plugins {

  /// <summary>Integration host for plugins</summary>
  /// <remarks>
  ///   This class is created by the party that is interested in loading plugins,
  ///   herein referred to as the "plugin user". The plugin host will monitor a
  ///   repository and react to any assembly being loaded into that repository by
  ///   iterating over all types (as in classes and structures) found in the
  ///   assembly and using the employer to do whatever the plugin user intends 
  ///   to do with the types found in that assembly
  /// </remarks>
  public class PluginHost {

    /// <summary>Initializes a plugin host using a new repository</summary>
    /// <param name="employer">Employer used assess and employ the plugin types</param>
    public PluginHost(Employer employer)
      : this(employer, new PluginRepository()) { }

    /// <summary>Initializes the plugin using an existing repository</summary>
    /// <param name="employer">Employer used assess and employ the plugin types</param>
    /// <param name="repository">Repository in which plugins will be stored</param>
    public PluginHost(Employer employer, PluginRepository repository) {
      this.employer = employer;
      this.repository = repository;

      foreach(Assembly assembly in this.repository.LoadedAssemblies)
        employAssemblyTypes(assembly);

      this.repository.AssemblyLoaded += new AssemblyLoadEventHandler(assemblyLoadHandler);
    }

    /// <summary>The repository containing all loaded plugins</summary>
    public PluginRepository Repository {
      get { return this.repository; }
    }

    /// <summary>The employer that is used by this plugin integration host</summary>
    public Employer Employer {
      get { return this.employer; }
    }

    /// <summary>Responds to a new plugin being loaded into the repository</summary>
    /// <param name="sender">Repository into which the assembly was loaded</param>
    /// <param name="arguments">Event arguments; contains the loaded assembly</param>
    private void assemblyLoadHandler(object sender, AssemblyLoadEventArgs arguments) {
      employAssemblyTypes(arguments.LoadedAssembly);
    }

    /// <summary>Employs all employable types in an assembly</summary>
    /// <param name="assembly">Assembly whose types to assess and to employ</param>
    private void employAssemblyTypes(Assembly assembly) {

      // Iterate all types contained in the assembly
      foreach(Type type in assembly.GetTypes()) {

        // We'll ignore abstract and non-public types
        if(!type.IsPublic || type.IsAbstract)
          continue;

        // Types that have been tagged with the [NoPlugin] attribute will be ignored
        object[] attributes = type.GetCustomAttributes(true);
        foreach(object attribute in attributes)
          if(attribute is NoPluginAttribute)
            continue;

        // Type seems to be acceptable, assess and possibly employ it
        try {
          if(this.employer.CanEmploy(type))
            this.employer.Employ(type);
        }
        catch(Exception exception) {
          System.Console.WriteLine(
            "Could not employ " + type.ToString() + ": " + exception.Message
          );
        }

      }
    }

    /// <summary>Employs and manages types in the loaded plugin assemblies</summary>
    private Employer employer;
    /// <summary>Repository containing all plugins loaded, shared with other hosts</summary>
    private PluginRepository repository;

  }

} // namespace Nuclex.Support.Plugins