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6 QNPlugin - The main factory for plugin objects
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9 This class is part of the Qt Netscape Extension.
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11 #include <qnp.h>
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13 Public Members
14 virtual ~QNPlugin ()
15 void getVersionInfo ( int & plugin_major, int & plugin_minor, int &
16 browser_major, int & browser_minor )
17 virtual QNPInstance * newInstance () = 0
18 virtual const char * getMIMEDescription () const = 0
19 virtual const char * getPluginNameString () const = 0
20 virtual const char * getPluginDescriptionString () const = 0
21 virtual void * getJavaClass ()
22 virtual void unuseJavaClass ()
23 void * getJavaEnv () const
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26 QNPlugin * create ()
27 QNPlugin * actual ()
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30 QNPlugin ()
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33 This class is defined in the Qt Netscape Extension, which can be found
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36 The QNPlugin class provides the main factory for plugin objects.
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38 This class is the heart of the plugin. One instance of this object is
39 created when the plugin is first needed, by calling QNPlugin::create(),
40 which must be implemented in your plugin code to return some derived
41 class of QNPlugin. The one QNPlugin object creates all QNPInstance
42 instances for a web browser running in a single process.
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45 one instance of QApplication will exist across all plugins that have
46 been made with Qt. So, your plugin should tread lightly on global
47 settings. Do not, for example, use QApplication::setFont() - that will
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53 Creates a QNPlugin. This may only be used by the constructor of the
54 class, derived from QNPlugin, that is returned by your plugin's
55 implementation of the QNPlugin::create() function.
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58 Destroys the QNPlugin. This is called by the plugin binding code just
59 before the plugin is about to be unloaded from memory. If newWindow()
60 has been called, a QApplication will still exist at this time, but will
61 be deleted shortly after, just before the plugin is deleted.
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64 Returns the plugin most recently returned by QNPlugin::create().
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71 Override this function to return a reference to the Java class that
72 represents the plugin. The default returns 0, indicating no class.
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77 The return value is actually a jref; we use void* so as to avoid
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83 Returns a pointer to the Java execution environment, or 0 if either
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86 The return value is actually a JRIEnv*; we use void* so as to avoid
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92 Override this function to return the MIME description of the data
93 formats supported by your plugin. The format of this string is shown by
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99 "image/png:png:PNG Image;"
100 "image/x-portable-bitmap:pbm:PBM Image;"
101 "image/x-portable-graymap:pgm:PGM Image;"
102 "image/x-portable-pixmap:ppm:PPM Image;"
103 "image/bmp:bmp:BMP Image;"
104 "image/x-ms-bmp:bmp:BMP Image;"
105 "image/x-xpixmap:xpm:XPM Image;"
106 "image/xpm:xpm:XPM Image";
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110 Returns a pointer to the plain-text description of the plugin.
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113 Returns a pointer to the plain-text name of the plugin.
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116 browser_major, int & browser_minor )
117 Populates *plugin_major and *plugin_minor with the version of the
118 plugin API and populates *browser_major and *browser_minor with the
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122 Override this function to return an appropriate derived class of
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126 This function is called when the plugin is shutting down. The function
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132 http://www.trolltech.com/faq/tech.html
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135 Copyright 1992-2007 Trolltech ASA, http://www.trolltech.com. See the
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