prep for Package loading

pluginloader.cpp

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ AbstractRunner *PluginLoader::loadRunner(const QString &name)
 }
 
 Service *PluginLoader::loadService(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args, QObject *parent)
-{ 
+{
     Service *service = internalLoadService(name, args, parent);
     if (service) {
         return service;
@@ -244,6 +244,17 @@ Service *PluginLoader::loadService(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args
     return service;
 }
 
+Package PluginLoader::loadPackage(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args)
+{
+    Package p = internalLoadPackage(name, args);
+    if (p.isValid()) {
+        return p;
+    }
+
+    //TODO: pull code from PackageStructure over here
+    return p;
+}
+
 KPluginInfo::List PluginLoader::listAppletInfo(const QString &category, const QString &parentApp)
 {
     KPluginInfo::List list;
@@ -337,13 +348,20 @@ AbstractRunner* PluginLoader::internalLoadRunner(const QString &name)
 }
 
 Service* PluginLoader::internalLoadService(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args, QObject *parent)
-{ 
+{
     Q_UNUSED(name)
     Q_UNUSED(args)
     Q_UNUSED(parent)
     return 0;
 }
 
+Package PluginLoader::internalLoadPackage(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(name);
+    Q_UNUSED(args);
+    return Package();
+}
+
 KPluginInfo::List PluginLoader::internalAppletInfo(const QString &category) const
 {
     Q_UNUSED(category)

pluginloader.h

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #ifndef PLUGIN_LOADER_H
 #define PLUGIN_LOADER_H
 
+#include <plasma/package.h>
 #include <plasma/plasma.h>
 #include <kplugininfo.h>
 
@@ -93,6 +94,16 @@ public:
      **/
     Service *loadService(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args, QObject *parent = 0);
 
+    /**
+     * Load a Package plugin.
+     *
+     * @param name the plugin name of the package to load
+     * @param args a list of arguments to supply to the service plugin when loading it
+     *
+     * @return a Package object matching name, or an invalid package on failure
+     **/
+    Package loadPackage(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args);
+
     /**
      * Returns a list of all known applets.
      * This may skip applets based on security settings and ExcludeCategories in the application's config.
@@ -205,6 +216,21 @@ protected:
      **/
     virtual Service *internalLoadService(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args, QObject *parent = 0);
 
+    /**
+     * A re-implementable method that allows subclasses to override
+     * the default behaviour of loadPackage. If the service requested is not recognized,
+     * then the implementation should return a NULL pointer. This method is called
+     * by loadService prior to attempting to load a Service using the standard Plasma
+     * plugin mechanisms.
+     *
+     * @param name the plugin name of the service to load
+     * @param args a list of arguments to supply to the service plugin when loading it
+     * @param parent the parent object, if any, for the service
+     *
+     * @return a Service object, unlike Plasma::Service::loadService, this can return null.
+     **/
+    virtual Package internalLoadPackage(const QString &name, const QVariantList &args);
+
     /**
      * A re-implementable method that allows subclasses to provide additional applets
      * for listAppletInfo. If the application has no applets to give to the application,