QGIS/python/gui/qgspluginmanagerinterface.sip

/**
 * \class QgsPluginManagerInterface
 * \brief Abstract base class to make QgsPluginManager available to plugins.
 */
class QgsPluginManagerInterface : QObject
{
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#include <qgspluginmanagerinterface.h>
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  public:

    //! Constructor
    QgsPluginManagerInterface();

    //! Virtual destructor
    ~QgsPluginManagerInterface();

    //! remove metadata of all python plugins from the registry (c++ plugins stay)
    virtual void clearPythonPluginMetadata() = 0;

    //! add a single plugin to the metadata registry
    virtual void addPluginMetadata( QMap<QString,QString> metadata ) = 0;

    //! refresh listView model and textView content
    virtual void reloadModel() = 0;

    //! get given plugin metadata
    virtual QMap<QString, QString> * pluginMetadata( QString key ) = 0;

    //! clear the repository listWidget
    virtual void clearRepositoryList() = 0;

    //! add repository to the repository listWidget
    virtual void addToRepositoryList( QMap<QString,QString> repository ) = 0;

  signals:

    //! emitted when the Python Plugin Installer should show the fetching repositories window
    void fetchingStillInProgress( );

  public slots:

    //! show the Plugin Manager window when remote repositories are fetched.
    //! Display a progress dialog when fetching.
    virtual void showPluginManagerWhenReady( ) = 0;

    //! promptly show the Plugin Manager window and optionally open tab tabIndex:
    virtual void showPluginManager( int tabIndex = -1 ) = 0;
};