/// <summary>
/// Adds the contents of another <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> to the end of the collection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">A <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> containing the objects to add to the collection. </param>
public void AddRange(PluginCollection value)
{
for (int i = 0; (i < value.Count); i = (i + 1))
{
this.Add((IPlugin)value.List[i]);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds the contents of another <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> to the end of the collection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">A <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> containing the objects to add to the collection. </param>
public void AddRange(PluginCollection value)
{
for (int i = 0; (i < value.Count); i = (i + 1))
{
this.Add((IPlugin)value.List[i]);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Iterate through all the child nodes
/// of the XMLNode that was passed in and create instances
/// of the specified Types by reading the attribite values of the nodes
/// we use a try/Catch here because some of the nodes
/// might contain an invalid reference to a plugin type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parent"></param>
/// <param name="configContext"></param>
/// <param name="section">The XML section we will iterate against</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public object Create(object parent, object configContext, System.Xml.XmlNode section)
{
PluginCollection plugins = new PluginCollection();
foreach(XmlNode node in section.ChildNodes)
{
try
{
//Use the Activator class's 'CreateInstance' method
//to try and create an instance of the plugin by
//passing in the type name specified in the attribute value
object plugObject = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(node.Attributes["type"].Value));
//Cast this to an IPlugin interface and add to the collection
IPlugin plugin = (IPlugin)plugObject;
plugins.Add(plugin);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
//Catch any exceptions
//but continue iterating for more plugins
}
}
return plugins;
}
private void LoadPlugins()
{
//Retrieve a plugin collection using our custom Configuration section handler
m_plugins = (PluginCollection )ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig("plugins");
FillPluginMenu();
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> class containing the elements of the specified source collection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">A <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> with which to initialize the collection.</param>
public PluginCollection(PluginCollection value)
{
this.AddRange(value);
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PluginCollectionEnumerator">PluginCollectionEnumerator</see> class referencing the specified <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mappings">The <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> to enumerate.</param>
public PluginCollectionEnumerator(PluginCollection mappings)
{
_temp = ((IEnumerable)(mappings));
_enumerator = _temp.GetEnumerator();
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> class containing the elements of the specified source collection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">A <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> with which to initialize the collection.</param>
public PluginCollection(PluginCollection value)
{
this.AddRange(value);
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PluginCollectionEnumerator">PluginCollectionEnumerator</see> class referencing the specified <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mappings">The <see cref="PluginCollection">PluginCollection</see> to enumerate.</param>
public PluginCollectionEnumerator(PluginCollection mappings)
{
_temp = ((IEnumerable)(mappings));
_enumerator = _temp.GetEnumerator();
}
