OPluginManager first bits of saving, enabling and sorting Plugin Config

At least it compiles, test and GUI will come this week

2 files changed, 395 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/libopie2/opiecore/opluginloader.cpp b/libopie2/opiecore/opluginloader.cpp
index b473cd7..2aca382 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiecore/opluginloader.cpp
+++ b/libopie2/opiecore/opluginloader.cpp
@@ -1,37 +1,38 @@
 /*
  * LGPLv2 or later
  * zecke@handhelds.org
  */
 
 #include "opluginloader.h"
 #include "oconfig.h"
 
 #include <qpe/qpeapplication.h>
 
 #include <qdir.h>
 #include <qdict.h>
 #include <qtl.h>
+#include <qfile.h>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 
 
 namespace Opie {
 namespace Core {
 namespace Internal {
 struct OPluginLibraryHolder {
     static OPluginLibraryHolder *self();
     QLibrary *ref( const QString& );
     void deref( QLibrary* );
 private:
 
     OPluginLibraryHolder();
     ~OPluginLibraryHolder();
     QDict<QLibrary> m_libs;
     static OPluginLibraryHolder* m_self;
 };
 
     OPluginLibraryHolder* OPluginLibraryHolder::m_self  = 0;
     OPluginLibraryHolder* OPluginLibraryHolder::self() {
         if ( !m_self )
             m_self = new OPluginLibraryHolder;
@@ -89,304 +90,398 @@ private:
 
 bool operator<( const OPluginItem& l, const OPluginItem& r ) {
     return l.position() > r.position();
 }
 
 bool operator>( const OPluginItem& l, const OPluginItem& r ) {
     return l.position() < r.position();
 }
 
 bool operator<=( const OPluginItem& l, const OPluginItem& r ) {
     return l.position() >=  r.position();
 }
 
 /**
  * \brief Creates an Empty OPluginItem
  *
  * create an empty pluginitem. Position is set to -1 and the
  * other things are used with the default ctors
  */
 OPluginItem::OPluginItem()
     : m_pos( -1 ) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * @todo Create Internal name so we can have the plugin names translated. Or only for the gui? I'm not yet sure
  * \brief Create an OPluginItem
  *
- * Create a Plugin Item with all information.
+ * Create a Plugin Item with all information. If you for some reasons
+ * need to create your own OPluginItems make sure that 'name' is always the same
+ * as it if used for positions and exclude list.
  *
  * @param name The if available translated Name
- * @param path The path to the plugin
+ * @param path The path to the plugin must be absolute.
+ * @param b If the OPluginItem is enabled or not
  * @param pos  The position of the plugin if used for sorting
  *
  */
-OPluginItem::OPluginItem( const QString& name, const QString& path, int pos )
-    : m_name( name ), m_path( path ), m_pos( pos ) {
-}
+OPluginItem::OPluginItem( const QString& name, const QString& path, bool b, int pos )
+    : m_name( name ), m_path( path ), m_enabled( b ), m_pos( pos )
+{}
 
 /**
  * \brief simple d'tor
  */
 OPluginItem::~OPluginItem() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * \brief Test if this Item is Empty and does not represent a loadable plugin
+ * Test if a OPluginItem is empty. A OPluginItem is empty if name and path are empty
+ * ,pos equals -1 and the item is disabled
+ *
+ * @see QString::isEmpty()
+ *
+ */
+bool OPluginItem::isEmpty()const {
+    if ( m_pos != -1 )       return false;
+    if ( m_enabled )         return false;
+    if ( !m_name.isEmpty() ) return false;
+    if ( !m_path.isEmpty() ) return false;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief test equality
  * operator to test equalness of two OPluginItem
  */
 bool OPluginItem::operator==( const OPluginItem& r )const{
-    if ( m_pos  != r.m_pos  ) return false;
-    if ( m_name != r.m_name ) return false;
-    if ( m_path != r.m_path ) return false;
+    if ( m_pos     != r.m_pos    ) return false;
+    if ( m_enabled != r.m_enabled) return false;
+    if ( m_name    != r.m_name   ) return false;
+    if ( m_path    != r.m_path   ) return false;
     return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief test non equality
+ * operator to test non-equalness of two OPluginItem
+ */
 bool OPluginItem::operator!=( const OPluginItem& r )const{
     return !( *this == r );
 }
 
 /**
+ * \brief returns the name of the plugin
  * return the name of this Plugin
  */
 QString OPluginItem::name()const {
     return m_name;
 }
 
 /**
- * return the path of the plugin
+ * \brief return the path of the plugin
  */
 QString OPluginItem::path()const {
     return m_path;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief Return if this item is enabled.
+ */
+bool OPluginItem::isEnabled()const {
+    return m_enabled;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief return the position of a plugin.
+ * return the position of the item
+ * -1 is the default value and means normally that the whole items are unsorted.
+ * Higher numbers belong to an upper position. With plugins with the postions 20,19,5,3
+ * the item with pos  20 would be the first in the list returned by the OGenericPluginLoader
+ *
+ * @see OGenericPluginLoader::allAvailable
+ * @see OGenericPluginLoader::filtered
+ */
 int OPluginItem::position()const{
     return m_pos;
 }
 
 /**
+ * \brief set the name of a plugin
  * Set the name of the Plugin Item
  * @param name
  */
 void OPluginItem::setName(  const QString& name ) {
     m_name = name;
 }
 
 /**
- * Set the path of Plugin Item
+ * \brief set the path of a plugin
+ * Set the path of Plugin Item. The path must be absolute.
  * @param name The path of the plugin
  */
 void OPluginItem::setPath( const QString& name ) {
     m_name = name;
 }
 
 /**
+ * \brief enable or disable the to load attribute
+ * Set the Enabled attribute. Such changes won't be saved. If you want to save it
+ * use a OPluginManager to configure your plugins manually or Opie::Ui::OPluginConfig
+ * for a graphical frontend.
+ *
+ * @param enabled Enable or Disable the Enabled Attribute
+ */
+void OPluginItem::setEnabled(  bool enabled ) {
+    m_enabled = enabled;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Set the position.
  * Set the position
  * @param pos The position
+ *
+ * @see position()
  */
 void OPluginItem::setPosition( int pos ) {
     m_pos = pos;
 }
 
 
 
 /**
  * \brief create a PluginLoader
  *
  * Create a PluginLoader autoDelete is set to false
  *
  * \code
  * Opie::Core::OGenericPluginLoader loader("myapp-plugin");
  * Opie::Core::OPluginItem::List  lst = loader.filtered();
  * for(Opie::Core::OPluginItem::List::Iterator it = lst.begin(); it!=lst.end();++it){
  *    MyIface* iface = static_cast<MyIface*>(loader.load(*it,IID_MyIface));
  * }
  * \endcode
  *
  * \code
  * Opie::Core::OGenericPluginLoader loader("myapp-plugin");
  * Opie::Core::OPluginItem::List  lst = loader.filtered();
  * for(Opie::Core::OPluginItem::List::Iterator it = lst.begin(); it!=lst.end();++it){
  *    MyIface* iface = static_cast<MyIface*>(loader.load(*it,IID_MyIface));
  * }
  * ...
  * loader.clear();
  *
  * \endcode
  *
  * @param name The name of the plugin directory.
  * @param isSorted Tell the PluginLoader if your Plugins are sorted
  */
 OGenericPluginLoader::OGenericPluginLoader( const QString& name,  bool isSorted)
     : m_dir( name ), m_autoDelete( false ), m_isSafeMode( false ),
       m_isSorted( isSorted )
 {
     setPluginDir( QPEApplication::qpeDir() + "/plugins/"+name );
     readConfig();
 }
 
 
 /**
+ * \brief simple d'tor that cleans up depending on autoDelete
+ *
  * calls clear if autoDelete is true. This will release all interfaces
  * and remove the library from this process if the refcount falls to zero
  */
 OGenericPluginLoader::~OGenericPluginLoader() {
     if ( m_autoDelete )
         clear();
 }
 
 /**
+ * \brief Enable or disable autoDelete on destruction
+ *
  * enable autoDelete. This will call clear on the d'tor
  *
  * @see ~OGenericPluginLoader
  * @see clear()
  */
 void OGenericPluginLoader::setAutoDelete( bool t ) {
     m_autoDelete = t;
 }
 
 /**
- * see if autoDelet is enabled
+ * \brief See if autoDelete is enabled.
  */
 bool OGenericPluginLoader::autoDelete()const{
     return m_autoDelete;
 }
 
 /**
+ * \brief unload all loaded Plugins
+ *
  * This will unload all returned QUnknownInterfaces by load. Unload
  * will be called.
  */
 void OGenericPluginLoader::clear() {
     QPtrDictIterator<QLibrary> it( m_library );
     for ( ;it.current(); )
         unload( static_cast<QUnknownInterface*>( it.currentKey() ) );
 }
 
 /**
+ * \brief unload the Plugin and the accompanied Resources.
+ *
  * This will take the iface from the internal QPtrDict, Release it,
  * and deref the libray used.
  * The visibility depends on the QPtrDict.
  * @see QPtrDict::insert
  */
 void OGenericPluginLoader::unload( QUnknownInterface* iface ) {
     if ( !iface )
         return;
 
     iface->release();
     Internal::OPluginLibraryHolder::self()->deref( m_library.take( iface ) );
 }
 
 /**
+ * \brief The name of the plugins.
+ *
+ * Return the name/type you specified in the constructor.
+ * This is at least used by the OPluginManager to find the right config
+ */
+QString OGenericPluginLoader::name()const {
+    return m_dir;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief See if loading of a plugin segfaulted
  * This tells you
  * if by previous tries to load, loading crashed your application.
  * If isInSafeMode you can use the GUI to configure the plugins prior to loading
  *
  * @return true if prior loading failed
  */
 bool OGenericPluginLoader::isInSafeMode()const {
     return m_isSafeMode;
 }
 
 
 /**
+ * \brief Return all Plugins found in the plugins dirs.
  * Return the list of all available plugins. This will go through all plugin
  * directories and search for your type of plugins ( by subdir )
  *
  * @param sorted Tell if you want to have the positions sorted. This only makes sense if you
  */
 OPluginItem::List OGenericPluginLoader::allAvailable( bool sorted )const {
     OPluginItem::List lst;
     for ( QStringList::ConstIterator it = m_plugDirs.begin(); it != m_plugDirs.end(); ++it )
         lst += plugins(  *it, sorted, false );
 
     if ( sorted )
         qHeapSort( lst );
     return lst;
 }
 
 /**
+ * \brief Return only the enabled plugins
  * Return only activated plugins.
  *
  * @param sorted If the list should be sorted
  */
 OPluginItem::List OGenericPluginLoader::filtered( bool sorted )const {
     OPluginItem::List lst;
     for ( QStringList::ConstIterator it = m_plugDirs.begin(); it != m_plugDirs.end(); ++it )
         lst += plugins(  *it, sorted, true );
 
     if ( sorted )
         qHeapSort( lst );
     return lst;
 }
 
 
 /**
+ * \brief Load a OPluginItem for the specified interface
+ * This will open the resource of the OPluginItem::path() and then will query
+ * if the Interface specified in the uuid is available and then will manage the
+ * resource and Interface.
+ *
+ * @param item The OPluginItem that should be loaded
+ * @param uuid The Interface to query for
  *
+ * @return Either 0 in case of failure or the Plugin as QUnknownInterface*
  */
 QUnknownInterface* OGenericPluginLoader::load( const OPluginItem& item, const QUuid& uuid) {
     /*
      * Check if there could be a library
      */
     QString pa = item.path();
     if ( pa.isEmpty() )
         return 0l;
 
     /*
      * See if we get a library
      * return if we've none
      */
     setSafeMode( pa, true );
     QLibrary *lib = Internal::OPluginLibraryHolder::self()->ref( pa );
     if ( !lib ) {
         setSafeMode();
         return 0l;
     }
 
     /**
      * try to load the plugin and just in case initialize the pointer to a pointer again
      */
     QUnknownInterface*  iface=0;
     if ( lib->queryInterface(  uuid,  &iface ) == QS_OK ) {
         installTranslators(pa.left( pa.find(".")));
         m_library.insert( iface, lib );
     }else
         iface = 0;
 
     setSafeMode();
 
     return iface;
 }
 
 /**
  * @internal and reads in the safe mode
  */
 void OGenericPluginLoader::readConfig() {
-    /* read the config for SafeMode */
+
+
+/* read the config for SafeMode */
     OConfig conf(  m_dir + "-odpplugins" );
     conf.setGroup( "General" );
     m_isSafeMode = conf.readBoolEntry( "SafeMode", false );
 }
 
 /**
- * Enter or leave SafeMode
+ * @internal Enter or leave SafeMode
  */
 void OGenericPluginLoader::setSafeMode(const QString& str, bool b) {
     OConfig conf(  m_dir + "-odpplugins" );
     conf.setGroup( "General" );
     conf.writeEntry( "SafeMode", b );
     conf.writeEntry( "CrashedPlugin", str );
 }
 
 /**
  * @internal
  *
  * Set the List of Plugin Dirs to lst. Currently only QPEApplication::qpeDir()+"/plugins/"+mytype
  * is used as plugin dir
  */
 void OGenericPluginLoader::setPluginDirs( const QStringList& lst ) {
     m_plugDirs = lst;
 }
 
 /**
  *
  * @internal
  * Set the Plugin Dir to str. Str will be the only element in the list of plugin dirs
  */
 void OGenericPluginLoader::setPluginDir( const QString& str) {
@@ -399,49 +494,53 @@ void OGenericPluginLoader::setPluginDir( const QString& str) {
  * @internal
  */
 bool OGenericPluginLoader::isSorted()const{
     return m_isSorted;
 }
 
 /*
  * make libfoo.so.1.0.0 -> foo on UNIX
  * make libfoo.dylib    -> foo on MAC OS X Unix
  * windows is obviously missing
  */
 /**
  * @internal
  */
 QString OGenericPluginLoader::unlibify( const QString& str ) {
     QString st = str.mid( str.find( "lib" )+3 );
 #ifdef Q_OS_MACX
     return st.left( st.findRev( ".dylib" ) );
 #else
     return st.left( st.findRev( ".so" ) );
 #endif
 }
 
 /**
- * Return a List of Plugins for a dir and add positions and remove disabled.
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * \brief method to return available plugins. Internal and for reeimplementations
+ *
+ *Return a List of Plugins for a dir and add positions and remove disabled.
  * If a plugin is on the excluded list assign position -2
  *
  * @param dir The dir to look in
  * @param sorted Should positions be read?
  * @param disabled Remove excluded from the list
  */
 OPluginItem::List OGenericPluginLoader::plugins( const QString& _dir, bool sorted, bool disabled )const {
 #ifdef Q_OS_MACX
     QDir dir( _dir, "lib*.dylib" );
 #else
     QDir dir( _dir, "lib*.so" );
 #endif
 
     OPluginItem::List lst;
 
     /*
      * get excluded list and then iterate over them
      * Excluded list contains the name
      * Position is a list with 'name.pos.name.pos.name.pos'
      *
      * For the look up we will create two QMap<QString,pos>
      */
     QMap<QString, int> positionMap;
     QMap<QString, int> excludedMap;
@@ -452,90 +551,328 @@ OPluginItem::List OGenericPluginLoader::plugins( const QString& _dir, bool sorte
 
 
     QStringList excludes = cfg.readListEntry( "Excluded", ',' );
     for ( QStringList::Iterator it = excludes.begin(); it != excludes.end(); ++it )
         excludedMap.insert( *it, -2 );
 
     if ( m_isSorted ) {
         QStringList pos =  cfg.readListEntry( "Positions", '.' );
         QStringList::Iterator it = pos.begin();
         while ( it != pos.end() )
             positionMap.insert(  *it++, (*it++).toInt() );
     }
 
 
 
 
     QStringList list = dir.entryList();
     QStringList::Iterator it;
     for (QStringList::Iterator it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); ++it ) {
         QString str = unlibify( *it );
         OPluginItem item( str, _dir + "/" + *it );
 
         bool ex = excludedMap.contains( str );
         /*
-         * if disabled but we should show all assign a -2
+         * if disabled but we should show all mark it as disabled
          * else continue because we don't want to add the item
          * else if sorted we assign the right position
          */
         if ( ex && !disabled)
-            item.setPosition( -2 );
+            item.setEnabled( false );
         else if ( ex && disabled )
             continue;
         else if ( sorted )
             item.setPosition( positionMap[str] );
 
         lst.append( item );
     }
 
     return lst;
 }
 
 /**
  * @internal generate a list of languages from $LANG
  */
 QStringList OGenericPluginLoader::languageList() {
     if ( m_languages.isEmpty() ) {
         /*
          * be_BY.CP1251 We will add, be_BY.CP1251,be_BY,be
          * to our list of languages.
          */
         QString str = ::getenv( "LANG" );
         m_languages += str;
         int pos = str.find( '.' );
 
         if ( pos > 0 )
             m_languages += str.left( pos );
 
         int n_pos = str.find( '_' );
         if ( pos > 0 && n_pos >= pos )
             m_languages += str.left( n_pos );
 
     }
     return m_languages;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Tries to install languages using the languageList for the type
+ */
 void OGenericPluginLoader::installTranslators(const QString& type) {
     QStringList lst = languageList();
 
     /*
      * for each language and maybe later for each language dir...
      * try to load a Translator
      */
     for ( QStringList::Iterator it = lst.begin(); it != lst.end(); ++it ) {
         QTranslator* trans = new QTranslator(  qApp );
         QString tfn = QPEApplication::qpeDir()+"/i18n/" + *it + "/" + type + ".qm" ;
 
         /*
          * If loaded then install else clean up and don't leak
          */
         if ( trans->load( tfn ) )
             qApp->installTranslator( trans );
         else
             delete trans;
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief Simple c'tor.
+ *
+ * Simple C'tor same as the one of the base class. Additional this
+ * class can cast for you if you nee it.
+ *
+ *
+ * @param name The name of your plugin class
+ * @param sorted If plugins are sorted
+ *
+ * @see OGenericPluginLoader
+ */
+OPluginLoader::OPluginLoader( const QString& name,  bool sorted )
+    : OGenericPluginLoader( name, sorted )
+{
+}
+
+/**
+ * d'tor
+ * @see OGenericPluginLoader::~OGenericPluginLoader
+ */
+OPluginLoader::~OPluginLoader() {
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief C'Tor using a OGenericPluginLoader
+ * The C'tor. Pass your OGenericPluginLoader to manage
+ * OGenericPluginLoader::allAvailable plugins.
+ *
+ *
+ * @param loader A Pointer to your OGenericPluginLoader
+ * @param name The name
+ */
+OPluginManager::OPluginManager(  OGenericPluginLoader* loader)
+    : m_loader( loader )
+{
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Overloaded c'tor using a List of Plugins and a type name
+ * Overloaded Constructor to work with a 'Type' of plugins
+ * and a correspending list of those. In this case calling load
+ * is a no operation.
+ *
+ * @param name The name of your plugin ('today','inputmethods','applets')
+ * @param lst A List with plugins of your type to manage
+ * @param isSorted If the List should be treated sorted
+ */
+OPluginManager::OPluginManager( const QString& name, const OPluginItem::List& lst,  bool isSorted)
+    : m_loader( 0l ), m_cfgName( name ), m_plugins( lst ), m_isSorted( isSorted )
+{
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief A simple d'tor
+ */
+OPluginManager::~OPluginManager() {
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Return the OPluginItem where loading is likely to have crashed  on.
 
+ * Return the Item that made the OGenericPluginLoader crash
+ * the returned OPluginItem could be  empty if no crash occured
+ * which should apply most of the time. It could also be empty if the crashed
+ * plugin is not in the current list of available/managed plugins
+ *
+ * @see OPluginItem::isEmpty
+ * @return OPluginItem that crashed  the loader
+ */
+OPluginItem OPluginManager::crashedPlugin()const {
+    return m_crashed;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Return a list of plugins that are managed by this OPluginManager
+ *
+ * Return the list of managed plugins. This could either result
+ * from passing a OGenericPluginLoader and calling load or by
+ * giving name and a list of plugins.
+ */
+OPluginItem::List OPluginManager::managedPlugins()const {
+    return m_plugins;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Set the position of the items
+ *
+ * Replace the OPluginItem  with the name and path and this way
+ * apply the new position. The search is linear and this way O(n/2)
+ * You still need to call save()  to make your changes effective. After saving
+ * a call to OGenericPluginLoader::filtered() returns the newly configured order and items
+ *
+ * @param item The  OPluginItem to be replaced internall
+ *
+ */
+void OPluginManager::setPosition( const OPluginItem& item) {
+    replace( item );
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Enable the item specified as argument
+ *
+ * This will make sure that OPluginItem::setEnabled is called and then will replace
+ * the item with one that matches name and path internally.
+ * @see setPosition
+ *
+ * @param the Item to enable
+ */
+void OPluginManager::enable(  const OPluginItem& item ) {
+    setEnabled( item, true );
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief disable the Item.
+ *
+ * Disable the OPluginItem. Same applies as in
+ * @see setPosition and @see enable
+ *
+ * @param item Item to disable
+ */
+void OPluginManager::disable( const OPluginItem& item) {
+    setEnabled( item, false );
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Enable or disable the OPluginItem.
+ * Depending on the value of the parameter this will either disable
+ * or enable the pluginitem.
+ * Beside that same as in @see disable,  @see enable, @see setPosition
+ * applies.
+ *
+ * @param _item The OPluginItem to enable or to disable.
+ * @param b Enable or disable the plugin.
+ *
+ */
+void OPluginManager::setEnabled( const OPluginItem& _item, bool b ) {
+    OPluginItem item = _item;
+    item.setEnabled( b );
+    replace( item );
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Load necessary information after constructing the object
+ * If you speified  a OGenericPluginLoader you need to call this method
+ * so that this manager knows what to manage and have a right value for \sa crashedPlugin
+ * For the name and the list of plugins this does only try to find out the crashed plugin
+ */
+void OPluginManager::load() {
+    OConfig cfg( configName() );
+    cfg.setGroup(  "General" );
+    QString crashedPath = cfg.readEntry( "CrashedPlugin" );
+
+    /* if we've a loader this applies if we were called from the first part */
+    if ( m_loader )
+        m_plugins = m_loader->allAvailable( m_loader->isSorted() );
+
+    /*  fast and normal route if we did not crash... */
+    if ( crashedPath.isEmpty() )
+        return;
+
+    /* lets try to find the plugin path and this way the associated item */
+    for ( OPluginItem::List::Iterator it = m_plugins.begin(); it != m_plugins.end(); ++it )
+        if (  (*it).path() ==  crashedPath ) {
+            m_crashed = *it;
+            break;
+        }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Save the values and this way make it available.
+ *
+ * Save the current set of data. A call to @see OGenericPluginLoader::filtered
+ * now would return  your saved changes.
+ */
+void OPluginManager::save() {
+    QMap<QString, QStringList> excluded;  // map for path to excluded name
+    QMap<QString, QStringList> positions; // if positions matter contains splitted up by dirs
+    bool sorted = m_loader ? m_loader->isSorted() : m_isSorted;
+
+    /*
+     * We will create some maps for the  groups to include positions a
+     */
+    for ( OPluginItem::List::Iterator it = m_plugins.begin(); it != m_plugins.end(); ++it ) {
+        OPluginItem item = *it;
+        QString path = QFileInfo(  item.path() ).filePath();
+        if ( sorted ) {
+            positions[path].append( item.name() );
+            positions[path].append( QString::number( item.position() ) );
+        }
+
+        if ( !item.isEnabled() )
+            excluded[path].append( item.name() );
+    }
+
+/*
+ * The code below wouldn't work because we can't delete groups/keys from the config
+ * ### for ODP   make Config right!
+ */
+//    if ( excluded.isEmpty() && positions.isEmpty() ) return;
+    /*
+     * Now safe for each path
+     */
+    OConfig cfg( configName() );
+
+    /* safe excluded items */
+    for ( QMap<QString, QStringList>::Iterator it = excluded.begin(); it != excluded.end(); ++it ) {
+        OConfigGroupSaver saver( &cfg, it.key() );
+        cfg.writeEntry("Excluded", it.data(), ',' );
+    }
+
+    /*  safe positions we could also see if positions.contains(path) and remove/write in the above loop
+     * ### Write a Test Suite that can profile these runs...
+     */
+    for ( QMap<QString, QStringList>::Iterator it = positions.begin(); it != positions.end(); ++it ) {
+        OConfigGroupSaver saver( &cfg, it.key() );
+        cfg.writeEntry("Positions", it.data(), '.' );
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+QString OPluginManager::configName()const {
+    QString str = m_loader ? m_loader->name() : m_cfgName;
+    return str + "odpplugins";
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal.. replace in m_plugins by path... this is linear search O(n/2)
+ */
+void OPluginManager::replace( const OPluginItem& item ) {
+// ### fixme
+}
 
 }
 }
diff --git a/libopie2/opiecore/opluginloader.h b/libopie2/opiecore/opluginloader.h
index 6166b75..2f9ec2a 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiecore/opluginloader.h
+++ b/libopie2/opiecore/opluginloader.h
@@ -11,171 +11,196 @@
 #include <qstringlist.h>
 
 namespace Opie {
 namespace Core {
 class OConfig;
 namespace Internal {
 class OPluginLibraryHolder;
 }
 
 template class QPtrDict<QLibrary>;
 
 /**
  * \brief A small item representing the Plugin Information
  * This class contains the information about a Plugin. It contains
  * a translated name if available to the system, a config key,
  * and the path location.
  *
  * @since 1.2
  *
  */
 class OPluginItem {
 public:
     typedef QValueList<OPluginItem> List;
     OPluginItem();
-    OPluginItem( const QString& name, const QString& path, int pos = -1 );
+    OPluginItem( const QString& name, const QString& path, bool enabled = true, int pos = -1 );
     ~OPluginItem();
 
+    bool isEmpty()const;
+
     bool operator==( const OPluginItem& )const;
     bool operator!=( const OPluginItem& )const;
 
 
     QString  name()const;
     QString  path()const;
+    bool isEnabled()const;
     int position()const;
 
     void setName( const QString& );
     void setPath( const QString& );
+    void setEnabled(  bool );
     void setPosition( int );
 
 private:
     QString m_name;
     QString m_path;
+    bool  m_enabled : 1;
     int m_pos;
     struct Private;
     Private *d;
 };
 
 /**
  * \brief A generic class to easily load and manage plugins
  *
  * This is the generic non sepcialised loader for plugins. Normally
  * you would prefer using the OPluginLoader directly. This class
  * exists to minimize the application binary size due the usage
  * of templates in the specialized API
  *
  * @since 1.2
  * @see OPluginLoader
  */
 class OGenericPluginLoader {
 public:
     typedef OPluginItem::List List;
     OGenericPluginLoader( const QString &name, bool isSorted = false );
     virtual ~OGenericPluginLoader();
 
     void setAutoDelete( bool );
     bool autoDelete()const;
     void clear();
 
-
+    QString name()const;
+    bool isSorted()const;
     bool isInSafeMode()const;
 
 
-    List  allAvailable(bool sorted = FALSE)const;
-    List  filtered(bool sorted = FALSE)const;
+    List  allAvailable(bool sorted = false )const;
+    List  filtered(bool sorted = false )const;
 
 
     virtual QUnknownInterface* load( const OPluginItem& item, const QUuid& );
     virtual void unload( QUnknownInterface* );
 
 protected:
+    friend class OPluginManager; // we need the static unlibify
     void readConfig();
     virtual List plugins( const QString& dir, bool sorted, bool disabled )const;
     void setPluginDirs( const QStringList& );
     void setPluginDir( const QString& );
-    bool isSorted()const;
     void setSafeMode(const QString& app = QString::null,  bool b = false);
     static QString unlibify( const QString& str );
-
 private:
     QStringList languageList();
     void installTranslators(const QString& type);
     QString m_dir;
     QStringList m_plugDirs;
     QStringList m_languages;
     bool m_autoDelete : 1;
     bool m_isSafeMode : 1;
     bool m_isSorted   : 1;
     QPtrDict<QLibrary> m_library;
 
     struct Private;
     Private* d;
 };
 
 /**
  * \brief The class to load your QCOM+ plugins
  *
  * This class takes care of activation and even the order
  * if you need it. It is normally good to place a .directory file
  * into your plugin directory if you need order of activation.
  *
  * You'll create the OPluginLoader and then use it to load the filtered
  *  plugins.
  *
  * There is also a GUI for the configuration and a Manager to write the
  * mentioned .directory file
  *
  * On crash the safe mode is activated for the next run. You can then decide
  * if you want to load plugins or come up with the  Configuration on
  * next start yourself then.
  *
  * @since 1.2
  */
 class OPluginLoader : public OGenericPluginLoader {
 public:
     OPluginLoader( const QString& name, bool sorted = false );
-    ~OPluginLoader();
+    virtual ~OPluginLoader();
 
     template<class IFace>
     IFace* load( const OPluginItem& item, const QUuid& );
 };
 
 /**
- * \brief A class to manager order and activation of plugins
+ * \brief A class to manage order and activation of plugins
  *
  * Manage order and activation. This is used by the Opie::Ui::OPluginConfig
  * This class controls the activation and order of plugins depending
  * on the OPluginLoader you supply.
+ * You must call load() and save after construnction an instance
  *
- * @see OPluginConfig
+ * @see Opie::Ui::OPluginConfig
  *
  */
 class OPluginManager {
 public:
-    OPluginManager( OGenericPluginLoader* , const QString& name);
-    OPluginManager( OConfig* conf, const QString&,
-                    const QCString& group, const OPluginItem::List& );
-    ~OPluginManager();
+    OPluginManager( OGenericPluginLoader* );
+    OPluginManager( const QString& name, const OPluginItem::List&, bool isSorted = false );
+    virtual ~OPluginManager();
 
-    QString name();
-    void setName( const QString& );
+    OPluginItem crashedPlugin()const;
+
+    OPluginItem::List managedPlugins()const;
 
     void setPosition( const OPluginItem& );
     void enable( const OPluginItem& );
     void disable( const OPluginItem& );
     void setEnabled( const OPluginItem&, bool = true);
 
-    void load();
-    void save();
+    virtual void load();
+    virtual void save();
+
+protected:
+    QString configName()const;
+    void replace( const OPluginItem& );
+private:
+    OGenericPluginLoader *m_loader;
+    QString m_cfgName;
+    OPluginItem::List m_plugins;
+    OPluginItem m_crashed;
+    bool m_isSorted : 1;
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * This is a template method allowing you to safely cast
+ * your load function
+ *
+ * \code
+ * MyTypePlugin *plug = load->load<MyTypePlugin>( item, IID_MyPlugin );
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ */
 template<class IFace>
 IFace* OPluginLoader::load( const OPluginItem& item, const QUuid& uid ) {
     return static_cast<IFace*>( OGenericPluginLoader::load( item, uid ) );
 }
 
 }
 }
 
 
 #endif