CTK/Libs/PluginFramework/service/cm/ctkConfigurationPlugin.h

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#ifndef CTKCONFIGURATIONPLUGIN_H
#define CTKCONFIGURATIONPLUGIN_H

#include "ctkServiceReference.h"
#include "ctkDictionary.h"

/**
 * \ingroup ConfigAdmin
 *
 * A service interface for processing configuration dictionary before the
 * update.
 *
 * <p>
 * A plugin registers a <code>ctkConfigurationPlugin</code> object in order to
 * process configuration updates before they reach the Managed Service or
 * Managed Service Factory. The Configuration Admin service will detect
 * registrations of Configuration Plugin services and must call these services
 * every time before it calls the <code>ctkManagedService</code> or
 * <code>ctkManagedServiceFactory</code>
 * <code>updated</code> method. The
 * Configuration Plugin service thus has the opportunity to view and modify the
 * properties before they are passed to the Managed Service or Managed Service
 * Factory.
 *
 * <p>
 * Configuration Plugin (plugin) services have full read/write access to all
 * configuration information. Therefore, plugins using this facility should be
 * trusted. Access to this facility should be limited with
 * <code>ctkServicePermission[ctkConfigurationPlugin,REGISTER]</code>.
 * Implementations of a Configuration Plugin service should assure that they
 * only act on appropriate configurations.
 *
 * <p>
 * The integer <code>service.cmRanking</code> registration
 * property may be specified. Not specifying this registration property, or
 * setting it to something other than an integer, is the same as
 * setting it to the integer zero. The
 * <code>service.cmRanking</code> property determines the order in which
 * plugins are invoked. Lower ranked plugins are called before higher ranked
 * ones. In the event of more than one plugin having the same value of
 * <code>service.cmRanking</code>, then the Configuration Admin service
 * arbitrarily chooses the order in which they are called.
 *
 * <p>
 * By convention, plugins with <code>service.cmRanking&lt; 0</code> or
 * <code>service.cmRanking &gt; 1000</code> should not make modifications to
 * the properties.
 *
 * <p>
 * The Configuration Admin service has the right to hide properties from
 * plugins, or to ignore some or all the changes that they make. This might be
 * done for security reasons. Any such behavior is entirely implementation
 * defined.
 *
 * <p>
 * A plugin may optionally specify a <code>cm.target</code> registration
 * property whose value is the PID of the Managed Service or Managed Service
 * Factory whose configuration updates the plugin is intended to intercept. The
 * plugin will then only be called with configuration updates that are targeted
 * at the Managed Service or Managed Service Factory with the specified PID.
 * Omitting the <code>cm.target</code> registration property means that the
 * plugin is called for all configuration updates.
 *
 */
struct CTK_PLUGINFW_EXPORT ctkConfigurationPlugin
{
  virtual ~ctkConfigurationPlugin() {};

  /**
   * A service property to limit the Managed Service or Managed Service
   * Factory configuration dictionaries a Configuration Plugin service
   * receives.
   *
   * This property contains a <code>QStringList</code> of PIDs. A Configuration
   * Admin service must call a Configuration Plugin service only when this
   * property is not set, or the target service's PID is listed in this
   * property.
   */
  static const QString CM_TARGET; // = "cm.target"

  /**
   * A service property to specify the order in which plugins are invoked.
   *
   * This property contains an integer ranking of the plugin.
   * Not specifying this registration property, or setting it to something
   * other than an integer, is the same as setting it to the
   * integer zero. This property determines the order in which
   * plugins are invoked. Lower ranked plugins are called before higher ranked
   * ones.
   */
  static const QString CM_RANKING; // = "service.cmRanking"

  /**
   * View and possibly modify a set of configuration properties before
   * they are sent to the Managed Service or the Managed Service Factory. The
   * Configuration Plugin services are called in increasing order of their
   * <code>service.cmRanking</code> property. If this property is undefined
   * or is a non-integer type, 0 is used.
   *
   * <p>
   * This method should not modify the properties unless the
   * <code>service.cmRanking</code> of this plugin is in the range
   * <code>0 &lt;= service.cmRanking &lt;= 1000</code>.
   * <p>
   * If this method throws any exception, the Configuration
   * Admin service must catch it and should log it.
   *
   * @param reference reference to the Managed Service or Managed Service
   *        Factory
   * @param properties The configuration properties. This argument must not
   *        contain the "service.pluginLocation" property. The value of this
   *        property may be obtained from the
   *        <code>ctkConfiguration#getPluginLocation</code> method.
   */
  virtual void modifyConfiguration(const ctkServiceReference& reference,
                                   ctkDictionary& properties) = 0;
};

Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(ctkConfigurationPlugin, "org.commontk.service.cm.ConfigurationPlugin")

#endif // CTKCONFIGURATIONPLUGIN_H