/// <summary>
/// Unregister a listener of extension node changes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">
/// Path of the node.
/// </param>
/// <param name="handler">
/// A handler method.
/// </param>
/// <remarks>
/// This method unregisters a delegate from the node change event of a path.
/// </remarks>
public static void RemoveExtensionNodeHandler(string path, ExtensionNodeEventHandler handler)
{
AddinEngine.CheckInitialized();
AddinEngine.RemoveExtensionNodeHandler(path, handler);
}
/// <summary>
/// Unregister a listener of extension node changes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="instanceType">
/// Type defining the extension point
/// </param>
/// <param name="handler">
/// A handler method.
/// </param>
public static void RemoveExtensionNodeHandler(Type instanceType, ExtensionNodeEventHandler handler)
{
AddinEngine.CheckInitialized();
AddinEngine.RemoveExtensionNodeHandler(instanceType, handler);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets extension objects registered in a path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">
/// An extension path.
/// </param>
/// <param name="arrayElementType">
/// Type of the return array elements.
/// </param>
/// <param name="reuseCachedInstance">
/// When set to True, it will return instances created in previous calls.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// An array of objects registered in the path.
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>
/// This method can only be used if all nodes in the provided extension path
/// are of type Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode. The returned array is composed
/// by all objects created by calling the TypeExtensionNode.CreateInstance()
/// method for each node (or TypeExtensionNode.GetInstance() if
/// reuseCachedInstance is set to true).
///
/// An InvalidOperationException exception is thrown if one of the found
/// objects is not a subclass of the provided type.
/// </remarks>
public static object[] GetExtensionObjects(string path, Type arrayElementType, bool reuseCachedInstance)
{
AddinEngine.CheckInitialized();
return(AddinEngine.GetExtensionObjects(path, arrayElementType, reuseCachedInstance));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets extension objects registered in a path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">
/// An extension path.
/// </param>
/// <param name="reuseCachedInstance">
/// When set to True, it will return instances created in previous calls.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// An array of objects registered in the path.
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>
/// This method can only be used if all nodes in the provided extension path
/// are of type Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode. The returned array is composed
/// by all objects created by calling the TypeExtensionNode.CreateInstance()
/// method for each node (or TypeExtensionNode.GetInstance() if
/// reuseCachedInstance is set to true).
///
/// An InvalidOperationException exception is thrown if one of the found
/// objects is not a subclass of the provided type.
/// </remarks>
public static T[] GetExtensionObjects <T> (string path, bool reuseCachedInstance)
{
AddinEngine.CheckInitialized();
return(AddinEngine.GetExtensionObjects <T> (path, reuseCachedInstance));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets extension objects registered for a type extension point.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="instanceType">
/// Type defining the extension point
/// </param>
/// <param name="reuseCachedInstance">
/// When set to True, it will return instances created in previous calls.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A list of extension objects.
/// </returns>
public static object[] GetExtensionObjects(Type instanceType, bool reuseCachedInstance)
{
AddinEngine.CheckInitialized();
return(AddinEngine.GetExtensionObjects(instanceType, reuseCachedInstance));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets extension objects registered in a path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">
/// An extension path.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// An array of objects registered in the path.
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>
/// This method can only be used if all nodes in the provided extension path
/// are of type Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode. The returned array is composed
/// by all objects created by calling the TypeExtensionNode.CreateInstance()
/// method for each node.
///
/// An InvalidOperationException exception is thrown if one of the found
/// objects is not a subclass of the provided type.
/// </remarks>
public static T[] GetExtensionObjects <T> (string path)
{
AddinEngine.CheckInitialized();
return(AddinEngine.GetExtensionObjects <T> (path));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets extension nodes for a type extension point
/// </summary>
/// <param name="instanceType">
/// Type defining the extension point
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A list of nodes
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>
/// This method returns all nodes registered for the provided type.
/// It will throw a InvalidOperationException if the type of one of
/// the registered nodes is not assignable to the specified node type argument.
/// </remarks>
public static ExtensionNodeList <T> GetExtensionNodes <T> (Type instanceType) where T : ExtensionNode
{
AddinEngine.CheckInitialized();
return(AddinEngine.GetExtensionNodes <T> (instanceType));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets extension nodes for a type extension point
/// </summary>
/// <param name="instanceType">
/// Type defining the extension point
/// </param>
/// <param name="expectedNodeType">
/// Expected extension node type
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A list of nodes
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>
/// This method returns all nodes registered for the provided type.
/// It will throw a InvalidOperationException if the type of one of
/// the registered nodes is not assignable to the provided node type.
/// </remarks>
public static ExtensionNodeList GetExtensionNodes(Type instanceType, Type expectedNodeType)
{
AddinEngine.CheckInitialized();
return(AddinEngine.GetExtensionNodes(instanceType, expectedNodeType));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets extension nodes registered in a path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">
/// An extension path.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A list of nodes
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>
/// This method returns all nodes registered under the provided path.
/// It will throw a InvalidOperationException if the type of one of
/// the registered nodes is not assignable to the provided type.
/// </remarks>
public static ExtensionNodeList <T> GetExtensionNodes <T> (string path) where T : ExtensionNode
{
AddinEngine.CheckInitialized();
return(AddinEngine.GetExtensionNodes <T> (path));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets extension nodes registered in a path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">
/// An extension path.
/// </param>
/// <param name="expectedNodeType">
/// Expected node type.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A list of nodes
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>
/// This method returns all nodes registered under the provided path.
/// It will throw a InvalidOperationException if the type of one of
/// the registered nodes is not assignable to the provided type.
/// </remarks>
public static ExtensionNodeList GetExtensionNodes(string path, Type expectedNodeType)
{
AddinEngine.CheckInitialized();
return(AddinEngine.GetExtensionNodes(path, expectedNodeType));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets extension nodes registered in a path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">
/// An extension path.>
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// All nodes registered in the provided path.
/// </returns>
public static ExtensionNodeList GetExtensionNodes(string path)
{
AddinEngine.CheckInitialized();
return(AddinEngine.GetExtensionNodes(path));
}