Changeset 2587 for branches/PluginInfrastructure Refactoring/HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure/Interfaces/IApplicationManager.cs

Timestamp:

01/04/10 18:55:46 (14 years ago)

Author:

gkronber

Message:

Fixed projects to work with new plugin infrastructure. #799

File:

• branches/PluginInfrastructure Refactoring/HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure/Interfaces/IApplicationManager.cs (modified) (3 diffs)

branches/PluginInfrastructure Refactoring/HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure/Interfaces/IApplicationManager.cs

@@ -41 +41 @@
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Dynamically loads assemblies given in binary form.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="assemblies">Assemblies that should be loaded in binary form.</param>
-    void LoadAssemblies(IEnumerable<byte[]> assemblies);
-
-    /// <summary>
     /// Discovers and creates instances of <typeparamref name="T"/> and all types implementing or inheriting <typeparamref name="T"/> (directly and indirectly) declared in any assembly of <paramref name="plugin"/>.
     /// </summary>
@@ -61 +55 @@
 
     /// <summary>
+    /// Discovers and creates instances of <paramref name="type"/> and all types implementing or inheriting <paramref name="type"/> (directly and indirectly).
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="type">The type or super-type to discover.</typeparam>
+    /// <returns>An enumerable of instances of the discovered types.</returns>
+    IEnumerable<object> GetInstances(Type type);
+
+    /// <summary>
     /// Discovers all types implementing or inheriting <paramref name="type"/> (directly and indirectly).
     /// </summary>
@@ -73 +74 @@
     /// <returns>An enumerable of discovered types.</returns>
     IEnumerable<Type> GetTypes(Type type, IPluginDescription plugin);
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Finds the plugin that declares the <paramref name="type">type</paramref>.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="type">The type of interest.</param>
+    /// <returns>The description of the plugin that declares the given type or null if the type has not been declared by a known plugin.</returns>
+    IPluginDescription GetDeclaringPlugin(Type type);
   }
 }