* take an optional list of arguments to passs into applets

* create button applets not icon widgets on drop

honestly, not sure i like the qstringlist of argument approach, but that's what klibloader gives me

svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/; revision=677941

applet.cpp

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ KPluginInfo::List Applet::knownApplets()
     return KPluginInfo::fromServices(offers);
 }
 
-Applet* Applet::loadApplet(const QString& appletName, uint appletId)
+Applet* Applet::loadApplet(const QString& appletName, uint appletId, const QStringList& args)
 {
     if (appletName.isEmpty()) {
         return 0;
@@ -249,11 +249,11 @@ Applet* Applet::loadApplet(const QString& appletName, uint appletId)
         appletId = Private::nextId();
     }
 
-    QStringList sillyness;
+    QStringList allArgs;
     QString id;
     id.setNum(appletId);
-    sillyness << offers.first()->storageId() << id;
-    Applet* applet = KService::createInstance<Plasma::Applet>(offers.first(), 0, sillyness);
+    allArgs << offers.first()->storageId() << id << args;
+    Applet* applet = KService::createInstance<Plasma::Applet>(offers.first(), 0, allArgs);
 
     if (!applet) {
         kDebug() << "Couldn't load applet \"" << appletName << "\"!" << endl;
@@ -262,13 +262,13 @@ Applet* Applet::loadApplet(const QString& appletName, uint appletId)
     return applet;
 }
 
-Applet* Applet::loadApplet(const KPluginInfo* info, uint appletId)
+Applet* Applet::loadApplet(const KPluginInfo* info, uint appletId, const QStringList& args)
 {
     if (!info) {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    return loadApplet(info->pluginName(), appletId);
+    return loadApplet(info->pluginName(), appletId, args);
 }
 
 } // Plasma namespace

applet.h

@@ -150,9 +150,11 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT Applet : public QObject, public QGraphicsItem
          * @param name the plugin name, as returned by KPluginInfo::pluginName()
          * @param applet unique ID to assign the applet, or zero to have one
          *        assigned automatically.
+         * @param args to send the applet extra arguments
          * @return a pointer to the loaded applet, or 0 on load failure
          **/
-        static Applet* loadApplet(const QString &name, uint appletId = 0);
+        static Applet* loadApplet(const QString &name, uint appletId = 0,
+                                  const QStringList& args = QStringList());
 
         /**
          * Attempts to load an applet, returning a pointer to the applet if
@@ -164,7 +166,8 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT Applet : public QObject, public QGraphicsItem
          *        assigned automatically.
          * @return a pointer to the loaded applet, or 0 on load failure
          **/
-        static Applet* loadApplet(const KPluginInfo* info, uint appletId = 0);
+        static Applet* loadApplet(const KPluginInfo* info, uint appletId = 0,
+                                  const QStringList& args = QStringList());
 
         /**
          * Returns the user-visible name for the applet, as specified in the

corona.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <QMimeData>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QGraphicsView>
+#include <QStringList>
 
 #include <KLocale>
 #include <KMenu>
@@ -183,9 +184,9 @@ QRectF Corona::maxSizeHint() const
     return sceneRect();
 }
 
-void Corona::addPlasmoid(const QString& name)
+Applet* Corona::addPlasmoid(const QString& name, const QStringList& args)
 {
-    Applet* applet = Applet::loadApplet(name);
+    Applet* applet = Applet::loadApplet(name, 0, args);
     if (applet) {
         addItem(applet);
         //applet->constraintsUpdated();
@@ -196,6 +197,8 @@ void Corona::addPlasmoid(const QString& name)
     } else {
         kDebug() << "Plasmoid " << name << " could not be loaded." << endl;
     }
+
+    return applet;
 }
 
 void Corona::addKaramba(const KUrl& path)
@@ -252,15 +255,15 @@ void Corona::dropEvent(QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent *event)
     } else if (KUrl::List::canDecode(event->mimeData())) {
         KUrl::List urls = KUrl::List::fromMimeData(event->mimeData());	
         foreach (const KUrl& url, urls) {
-            Plasma::Icon *icon = new Plasma::Icon(0);
-            icon->setIcon(KMimeType::iconNameForUrl(url));
-            icon->setUrl(url);
-            icon->setSize(128,128);
-            //TODO: associate the url with the icon, use the Button plasmoid here
-            icon->setPos(event->scenePos() - QPoint(icon->boundingRect().width()/2,
-                         icon->boundingRect().height()/2));
-            icon->show();
-            addItem(icon);
+            QStringList args;
+            args << url.url();
+            Applet* button = addPlasmoid("url", args);
+            if (button) {
+                //button->setSize(128,128);
+                button->setPos(event->scenePos() - QPoint(button->boundingRect().width()/2,
+                               button->boundingRect().height()/2));
+            }
+            addItem(button);
         }
         event->acceptProposedAction();
     }

corona.h

@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
      *
      * @param name the plugin name for the applet, as given by 
      *        KPluginInfo::pluginName()
+     * @param args argument list to pass to the plasmoid
      */
-    void addPlasmoid(const QString& name);
+    Applet* addPlasmoid(const QString& name, const QStringList& args = QStringList());
 
     /**
      * Adds a SuperKaramba theme to the scene