QGenericPlugin Class

The QGenericPlugin class is an abstract base class for plugins. More...

Header:	`#include <QGenericPlugin>`
CMake:	`find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Gui)` `target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Gui)`
qmake:	`QT += gui`
Inherits:	QObject

List of all members, including inherited members
QGenericPlugin is part of Plugin Classes.

Public Functions

	QGenericPlugin(QObject *parent = nullptr)
virtual	~QGenericPlugin()
virtual QObject *	create(const QString &key, const QString &specification) = 0

Detailed Description

A mouse plugin can be created by subclassing QGenericPlugin and reimplementing the pure virtual create() function. By exporting the derived class using the Q_PLUGIN_METADATA() macro, The default implementation of the QGenericPluginFactory class will automatically detect the plugin and load the driver into the server application at run-time. See How to Create Qt Plugins for details.

The json metadata file should contain a list of keys supported by this plugin.

See also QGenericPluginFactory.

Member Function Documentation

`[explicit]` QGenericPlugin::QGenericPlugin(QObject **parent* = nullptr)

Constructs a plugin with the given parent.

Note that this constructor is invoked automatically by the moc generated code that exports the plugin, so there is no need for calling it explicitly.

`[virtual noexcept]` QGenericPlugin::~QGenericPlugin()

Destroys the plugin.

Note that Qt destroys a plugin automatically when it is no longer used, so there is no need for calling the destructor explicitly.

`[pure virtual]` QObject QGenericPlugin::create(const QString &key, const QString &specification*)

Implement this function to create a driver matching the type specified by the given key and specification parameters. Note that keys are case-insensitive.

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