RE: [FR-devel] Plugin dependencies proposal

[Curt Hibbs]

Rich Kilmer wrote:
> We need a dependency for transitioning to LOADED (based on other plugins
> being LOADED) and RUNNING (based on other plugins running).  The
> tear-down operation would just be the opposite.
> 
> be something like this (in YAML)
> 
> --- !ruby/object:FreeBASE::PluginConfiguration 
> name: SourceParser
> version: 1.0
> autoload: (true)
> require_path: plugins/SourceParser/SourceParser.rb
> startup_module: FreeRIDE::Tools::SourceParser
> dependencies: 
>   - !ruby/object:FreeBASE::DependencyConfiguration 
>     state: LOADED
>     depends_on: 
>       - plugin: GuiCore
>         version: "*"
> 
> or in XML
> 
> <plugin name="SourceParser" version="1.0" autoload="true">
>   <require>plugins/SourceParser/SourceParser.rb</require>
>   <module>FreeRIDE::Tools::SourceParser</module>
>   <dependency state="LOADED">
>      <depends_on plugin="GuiCore" version="*"/>
>   </dependency>
> </plugin>

I like the YAML better ;-)

Curt