give the configxml object our config object; probably works better that way ;)

svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/; revision=694408

applet.cpp

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public:
         QString xmlPath = package->filePath("mainconfigxml");
         if (!xmlPath.isEmpty()) {
             QFile file(xmlPath);
-            configXml = new ConfigXml(xmlPath, &file);
+            configXml = new ConfigXml(config(), &file);
         }
 
         if (!package->filePath("mainconfigui").isEmpty()) {
@@ -258,6 +258,26 @@ public:
         return s_maxAppletId;
     }
 
+    KSharedConfig::Ptr config() {
+        if (!appletConfig) {
+            QString file = KStandardDirs::locateLocal("appdata",
+                                                      "applets/" + instanceName() + "rc",
+                                                      true);
+            appletConfig = KSharedConfig::openConfig(file);
+        }
+
+        return appletConfig;
+    }
+
+    QString instanceName()
+    {
+        if (!appletDescription.isValid()) {
+            return QString();
+        }
+
+        return appletDescription.service()->library() + QString::number(appletId);
+    }
+
     //TODO: examine the usage of memory here; there's a pretty large
     //      number of members at this point.
     uint appletId;
@@ -309,14 +329,7 @@ Applet::~Applet()
 
 KConfigGroup Applet::config() const
 {
-    if (!d->appletConfig) {
+    return KConfigGroup(d->config(), "General");
-        QString file = KStandardDirs::locateLocal( "appdata",
-                                                   "applets/" + instanceName() + "rc",
-                                                   true );
-        d->appletConfig = KSharedConfig::openConfig( file );
-    }
-
-    return KConfigGroup(d->appletConfig, "General");
 }
 
 KConfigGroup Applet::config(const QString& group) const
@@ -336,6 +349,11 @@ KConfigGroup Applet::globalConfig() const
     return KConfigGroup(d->globalConfig, "General");
 }
 
+ConfigXml* Applet::configXml()
+{
+    return d->configXml;
+}
+
 DataEngine* Applet::dataEngine(const QString& name) const
 {
     int index = d->loadedEngines.indexOf(name);
@@ -622,11 +640,7 @@ QString Applet::globalName() const
 
 QString Applet::instanceName() const
 {
-    if (!d->appletDescription.isValid()) {
+    d->instanceName();
-        return QString();
-    }
-
-    return d->appletDescription.service()->library() + QString::number( d->appletId );
 }
 
 void Applet::watchForFocus(QObject *widget, bool watch)

applet.h

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <ksharedconfig.h>
 #include <kgenericfactory.h>
 
+#include <plasma/configxml.h>
 #include <plasma/plasma.h>
 #include <plasma/widgets/widget.h>
 
@@ -119,6 +120,14 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT Applet : public QObject, public Widget
          */
         KConfigGroup globalConfig() const;
 
+        /**
+         * Returns the config skeleton object from this applet's package,
+         * if any.
+         *
+         * @return config skeleton object, or 0 if none
+         **/
+        ConfigXml* configXml();
+
         /**
          * Loads the given DataEngine
          *