pluginbase.h

/*
    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@blue-systems.com>
 
    SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
*/
 
#ifndef PURPOSE_PLUGINBASE_H
#define PURPOSE_PLUGINBASE_H
 
#include "job.h"
#include <kcoreaddons_export.h>
 
#include <QObject>
 
namespace Purpose
{
/**
 * @brief Base class to implement by plugins
 *
 * Class for Qt native plugins to extend. Plugins will just be issuing jobs
 * that will be configured then started.
 *
 * See README.md on how to create plugins on technologies different
 * to Qt.
 *
 * @note This file shouldn't be included by any application.
 */
class PURPOSE_EXPORT PluginBase : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    explicit PluginBase(QObject *parent = nullptr);
    ~PluginBase() override;
 
    /** @returns the job that will perform the plugin's action. */
    virtual Job *createJob() const = 0;
};
 
}
 
Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(Purpose::PluginBase, "org.kde.purpose")
 
#endif