/// <summary>
/// Loads a plugin from selected path asynchronously.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">Path to load the plugin from. Can point either to local <b>DLL</b>, <b>C# code file</b> or a <b>GitHub project url</b>.</param>
/// <param name="permissions">Permissions granted to the plugin.</param>
/// <returns>Loaded plugin. If loading failed, <see cref="PluginContainer.Plugin"/> property will be null.</returns>
public async Task <PluginContainer> LoadPluginAsync(string path, PluginPermissions permissions)
{
IPluginProvider provider = PluginProviderSelector.GetPluginProvider(path);
if (provider == null)
{
logger?.LogError($"Couldn't load plugin from path '{path}'");
return(null);
}
PluginContainer plugin = await provider.GetPluginAsync(path, logger).ConfigureAwait(false);
return(HandlePlugin(plugin, permissions));
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads a plugin from selected path.
/// <br/><b>Important note:</b> keeping references to plugin containers outside this class will make them unloadable.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">Path to load the plugin from. Can point either to local <b>DLL</b>, <b>C# code file</b> or a <b>GitHub project url</b>.</param>
/// <param name="permissions">Permissions granted to the plugin.</param>
/// <returns>Loaded plugin. If loading failed, <see cref="PluginContainer.Plugin"/> property will be null.</returns>
public PluginContainer LoadPlugin(string path, PluginPermissions permissions)
{
IPluginProvider provider = PluginProviderSelector.GetPluginProvider(path);
if (provider == null)
{
logger?.LogError($"Couldn't load plugin from path '{path}'");
return(null);
}
PluginContainer plugin = provider.GetPlugin(path, logger);
return(HandlePlugin(plugin, permissions));
}
