/// <summary>
/// Sorts the collection of PluginDescriptors according to their dependency chain.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="descriptorCollection">The collection of descriptors to sort.</param>
/// <param name="leastDependentFirst">A flag that determines how the descriptors are sorted.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static PluginDescriptorCollection Sort(PluginDescriptorCollection descriptorCollection, bool leastDependentFirst)
{
CairoLogger.Instance.Debug(string.Format("Sorting PluginDescriptor Collection. LeastDependentFirst: '{0}'.", leastDependentFirst.ToString()));
PluginDescriptor[] descriptors = descriptorCollection.ToArray();
PluginDescriptor.Sort(descriptors, leastDependentFirst);
descriptorCollection.Clear();
descriptorCollection.Add(descriptors);
return(descriptorCollection);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates PluginDescriptors from each Plugin Type specified.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="types">The collection of Plugin Types to create descriptors for.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static PluginDescriptorCollection CreatePluginDescriptors(TypeCollection types)
{
var descriptors = new PluginDescriptorCollection();
foreach (Type type in types)
{
try
{
CairoLogger.Instance.Debug(string.Format("Creating PluginDescriptor, Type: '{0}'.", type.FullName));
var descriptor = new PluginDescriptor(type);
descriptors.Add(descriptor);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
CairoLogger.Instance.Debug(ex.Message, ex);
}
}
return(descriptors);
}