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Diffstat (limited to 'src/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader.cpp')
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diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader.cpp index f198f108da..a33c4e2996 100644 --- a/src/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader.cpp @@ -173,6 +173,23 @@ QObject *QPluginLoader::instance() } /*! + Returns the meta data for this plugin. The meta data is data specified + in a json format using the Q_PLUGIN_METADATA() macro when compiling + the plugin. + + The meta data can be queried in a fast and inexpensive way without + actually loading the plugin. This makes it possible to e.g. store + capabilities of the plugin in there, and make the decision whether to + load the plugin dependent on this meta data. + */ +QJsonObject QPluginLoader::metaData() const +{ + if (!d) + return QJsonObject(); + return d->metaData; +} + +/*! Loads the plugin and returns true if the plugin was loaded successfully; otherwise returns false. Since instance() always calls this function before resolving any symbols it is not |