Remove QFactoryInterface from the generic plugins

Change-Id: I5a4351ca4b6605f9628496701bb8c6063cf36c78
Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qgenericplugin_qpa.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qgenericplugin_qpa.cpp
index 493fc770b5..ef57ab8a9e 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qgenericplugin_qpa.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qgenericplugin_qpa.cpp
@@ -56,23 +56,17 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     Note that this class is only available in Qt QPA.
 
     A mouse plugin can be created by subclassing
-    QGenericPlugin and reimplementing the pure virtual keys() and
-    create() functions. By exporting the derived class using the
-    Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2() macro, The default implementation of the
+    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 \l
     {How to Create Qt Plugins} for details.
 
-    \sa QGenericPluginFactory
-*/
-
-/*!
-    \fn QStringList QGenericPlugin::keys() const
-
-    Implement this function to return the list of valid keys, i.e. the
-    drivers supported by this plugin.
+    The json metadata file should contain a list of keys supported by this
+    plugin.
 
-    \sa create()
+    \sa QGenericPluginFactory
 */
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qgenericplugin_qpa.h b/src/gui/kernel/qgenericplugin_qpa.h
index 4cba1988ef..2724a8c9e6 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qgenericplugin_qpa.h
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qgenericplugin_qpa.h
@@ -52,23 +52,15 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_LIBRARY
 
-struct Q_GUI_EXPORT QGenericPluginFactoryInterface : public QFactoryInterface
-{
-    virtual QObject* create(const QString &name, const QString &spec) = 0;
-};
-
 #define QGenericPluginFactoryInterface_iid "org.qt-project.Qt.QGenericPluginFactoryInterface"
-Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE(QGenericPluginFactoryInterface, QGenericPluginFactoryInterface_iid)
 
-class Q_GUI_EXPORT QGenericPlugin : public QObject, public QGenericPluginFactoryInterface
+class Q_GUI_EXPORT QGenericPlugin : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
-    Q_INTERFACES(QGenericPluginFactoryInterface:QFactoryInterface)
 public:
     explicit QGenericPlugin(QObject *parent = 0);
     ~QGenericPlugin();
 
-    virtual QStringList keys() const = 0;
     virtual QObject* create(const QString& name, const QString &spec) = 0;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qgenericpluginfactory_qpa.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qgenericpluginfactory_qpa.cpp
index 90da16f868..663b88e10d 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qgenericpluginfactory_qpa.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qgenericpluginfactory_qpa.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ QObject *QGenericPluginFactory::create(const QString& key, const QString &specif
 
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WIN32) || defined(QT_MAKEDLL)
 #ifndef QT_NO_LIBRARY
-    if (QObject *object = qLoadPlugin1<QObject, QGenericPluginFactoryInterface>(loader(), driver, specification))
+    if (QObject *object = qLoadPlugin1<QObject, QGenericPlugin>(loader(), driver, specification))
         return object;
 #endif
 #endif