/*
* Loads the given plugin.
*/
void
meta_plugin_manager_load (MetaPluginManager *plugin_mgr,
const gchar *plugin_name)
{
const gchar *dpath = MUTTER_PLUGIN_DIR "/";
gchar *path;
MetaModule *module;
GType plugin_type;
if (g_path_is_absolute (plugin_name))
path = g_strdup (plugin_name);
else
path = g_strconcat (dpath, plugin_name, ".so", NULL);
module = g_object_new (META_TYPE_MODULE, "path", path, NULL);
if (!module || !g_type_module_use (G_TYPE_MODULE (module)))
{
/* This is fatal under the assumption that a monitoring
* process like gnome-session will take over and handle
* our untimely exit.
*/
g_printerr ("Unable to load plugin module [%s]: %s",
path, g_module_error());
exit (1);
}
plugin_type = meta_module_get_plugin_type (module);
meta_plugin_manager_register (plugin_mgr, plugin_type);
g_type_module_unuse (G_TYPE_MODULE (module));
g_free (path);
}
/**
* meta_plugin_type_register:
* @plugin_type: a #MetaPlugin type
*
* Register @plugin_type as a compositor plugin type to be used.
* You must call this before calling meta_init().
*/
void
meta_plugin_type_register (GType plugin_type)
{
MetaPluginManager *plugin_manager;
plugin_manager = meta_plugin_manager_get_default ();
meta_plugin_manager_register (plugin_manager, plugin_type);
}
