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Class factory that any plug-in defines for creating class instances: IPluginFactory. More...
#include <ipluginbase.h>
 Inheritance diagram for IPluginFactory:
 Inheritance diagram for IPluginFactory:| Public Member Functions | |
| virtual tresult | getFactoryInfo (PFactoryInfo *info)=0 | 
| Fill a PFactoryInfo structure with information about the plug-in vendor. | |
| virtual int32 | countClasses ()=0 | 
| Returns the number of exported classes by this factory. | |
| virtual tresult | getClassInfo (int32 index, PClassInfo *info)=0 | 
| Fill a PClassInfo structure with information about the class at the specified index. | |
| virtual tresult | createInstance (FIDString cid, FIDString _iid, void **obj)=0 | 
| Create a new class instance. | |
|  Public Member Functions inherited from FUnknown | |
| virtual tresult | queryInterface (const TUID _iid, void **obj)=0 | 
| Query for a pointer to the specified interface. | |
| virtual uint32 | addRef ()=0 | 
| Adds a reference and returns the new reference count. | |
| virtual uint32 | release ()=0 | 
| Releases a reference and returns the new reference count. | |
| Static Public Attributes | |
| static const FUID | iid | 
|  Static Public Attributes inherited from FUnknown | |
| static const FUID | iid | 
Class factory that any plug-in defines for creating class instances: IPluginFactory.
From the host's point of view a plug-in module is a factory which can create a certain kind of object(s). The interface IPluginFactory provides methods to get information about the classes exported by the plug-in and a mechanism to create instances of these classes (that usually define the IPluginBase interface).
An implementation is provided in public.sdk/source/common/pluginfactory.cpp
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Fill a PFactoryInfo structure with information about the plug-in vendor.
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Returns the number of exported classes by this factory.
If you are using the CPluginFactory implementation provided by the SDK, it returns the number of classes you registered with CPluginFactory::registerClass.
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Fill a PClassInfo structure with information about the class at the specified index.
Create a new class instance.
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