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/*!
\page tutorial2.html
\title Tutorial 2 - The "NetworkInfo" plugin
\brief The first plugin which actualy does something.
\ingroup tutorials
In the second tutorial we make our own first plugin with the name \b {"Network Info"}. We will use this name for the naming concentions of the filenames.
This plugin will use the \l{NetworkManager} hardware resource to fetch the location and WAN ip of your internet connection from \l{http://ip-api.com/json}. It will have an \l Action called \e "update" which will refresh the \l{State}{States} of the \l{Device}.
In order to get started with our new \b {"Network Info"} plugin we use the minimal plugin as template and start from there. Make a copy of the minimal folder and name the new folder \b networkinfo-diy. In this case \b{networkinfo-diy} because the folder \b networkinfo already exits from the \tt plugin-template repository.
\section1 Create the basic structure
\code
$ cp -rv minimal/ networkinfo-diy
minimal/ -> networkinfo-diy
minimal/plugins.pri -> networkinfo-diy/plugins.pri
minimal/minimal.pro -> networkinfo-diy/minimal.pro
minimal/devicepluginminimal.json -> networkinfo-diy/devicepluginminimal.json
minimal/devicepluginminimal.h -> networkinfo-diy/devicepluginminimal.h
minimal/devicepluginminimal.cpp -> networkinfo-diy/devicepluginminimal.cpp
\endcode
\note Delete the minimal.pro.user file if there is any.
Now we can rename the files using the plugin name convention:
\code
$ cd networkinfo-diy/
$ mv minimal.pro networkinfo.pro
$ mv devicepluginminimal.h devicepluginnetworkinfo.h
$ mv devicepluginminimal.cpp devicepluginnetworkinfo.cpp
$ mv devicepluginminimal.json devicepluginnetworkinfo.json
\endcode
\section2 Change the \tt networkinfo.pro
Open the \tt networkinfo.pro file with the \e {Qt Creator} and open that file in the editor:
\code
include(plugins.pri)
TARGET = $$qtLibraryTarget(guh_devicepluginminimal)
message("Building $$deviceplugin$${TARGET}.so")
SOURCES += \
devicepluginminimal.cpp \
HEADERS += \
devicepluginminimal.h \
\endcode
\list 1
\li Change the \tt TARGET name form \tt guh_devicepluginminimal \unicode{0x2192} \tt guh_devicepluginnetworkinfo
\li Change the SOURCES file from \tt devicepluginminimal.cpp \unicode{0x2192} \tt devicepluginnetworkinfo.cpp
\li Change the HEADERS file from \tt devicepluginminimal.h \unicode{0x2192} \tt devicepluginnetworkinfo.h
\endlist
Your file sould look now like this:
\code
include(plugins.pri)
TARGET = $$qtLibraryTarget(guh_devicepluginnetworkinfo)
message("Building $$deviceplugin$${TARGET}.so")
SOURCES += \
devicepluginnetworkinfo.cpp \
HEADERS += \
devicepluginnetworkinfo.h \
\endcode
If you save the file, the header and source file should appear in the project structure of the \e {Qt Creator}.
\section2 Change the \tt devicepluginnetworkinfo.h
Open the \tt devicepluginnetworkinfo.h file.
\code
#ifndef DEVICEPLUGINMINIMAL_H
#define DEVICEPLUGINMINIMAL_H
#include "plugin/deviceplugin.h"
#include "devicemanager.h"
class DevicePluginMinimal : public DevicePlugin
{
Q_OBJECT
Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "guru.guh.DevicePlugin" FILE "devicepluginminimal.json")
Q_INTERFACES(DevicePlugin)
public:
explicit DevicePluginMinimal();
DeviceManager::HardwareResources requiredHardware() const override;
DeviceManager::DeviceSetupStatus setupDevice(Device *device) override;
};
#endif // DEVICEPLUGINMINIMAL_H
\endcode
\list 1
\li Change the \tt {#ifndef}, \tt {#define} and \tt #define name from \tt DEVICEPLUGINMINIMAL_H \unicode{0x2192} \tt DEVICEPLUGINNETWORKINFO_H
\li Change the class name form \tt DevicePluginMinimal \unicode{0x2192} \tt DevicePluginNetworkInfo
\li Change in the \tt Q_PLUGIN_METADATA line the \tt FILE parameter from \tt "devicepluginminimal.json" \unicode{0x2192} \tt "devicepluginnetworkinfo.json" to set \l{The Plugin JSON file}.
\li Change the constructor name from \tt DevicePluginMinimal \unicode{0x2192} \tt DevicePluginNetworkInfo
\endlist
Your file sould look now like this:
\code
#ifndef DEVICEPLUGINNETWORKINFO_H
#define DEVICEPLUGINNETWORKINFO_H
#include "plugin/deviceplugin.h"
#include "devicemanager.h"
class DevicePluginNetworkInfo : public DevicePlugin
{
Q_OBJECT
Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "guru.guh.DevicePlugin" FILE "devicepluginnetworkinfo.json")
Q_INTERFACES(DevicePlugin)
public:
explicit DevicePluginNetworkInfo();
DeviceManager::HardwareResources requiredHardware() const override;
DeviceManager::DeviceSetupStatus setupDevice(Device *device) override;
};
#endif // DEVICEPLUGINNETWORKINFO_H
\endcode
\section2 Change the \tt devicepluginnetworkinfo.cpp
Open the \tt devicepluginnetworkinfo.h file.
\code
#include "devicepluginminimal.h"
#include "plugininfo.h"
DevicePluginMinimal::DevicePluginMinimal()
{
}
DeviceManager::HardwareResources DevicePluginMinimal::requiredHardware() const
{
return DeviceManager::HardwareResourceNone;
}
DeviceManager::DeviceSetupStatus DevicePluginMinimal::setupDevice(Device *device)
{
Q_UNUSED(device)
qCDebug(dcMinimal) << "Hello word! Setting up a new device:" << device->name();
qCDebug(dcMinimal) << "The new device has the DeviceId" << device->id().toString();
qCDebug(dcMinimal) << device->params();
return DeviceManager::DeviceSetupStatusSuccess;
}
\endcode
\list 1
\li Change the \tt {#include "devicepluginminimal.h"} \unicode{0x2192} \tt {#include "devicepluginnetworkinfo.h"}
\li Change in each method implementation the \tt DevicePluginMinimal \unicode{0x2192} \tt DevicePluginNetworkInfo namespace.
\endlist
Your file sould look now like this:
\code
#include "devicepluginnetworkinfo.h"
#include "plugininfo.h"
DevicePluginNetworkInfo::DevicePluginNetworkInfo()
{
}
DeviceManager::HardwareResources DevicePluginNetworkInfo::requiredHardware() const
{
return DeviceManager::HardwareResourceNone;
}
DeviceManager::DeviceSetupStatus DevicePluginNetworkInfo::setupDevice(Device *device)
{
Q_UNUSED(device)
qCDebug(dcMinimal) << "Hello word! Setting up a new device:" << device->name();
qCDebug(dcMinimal) << "The new device has the DeviceId" << device->id().toString();
qCDebug(dcMinimal) << device->params();
return DeviceManager::DeviceSetupStatusSuccess;
}
\endcode
The basic structure of our new \l{DevicePlugin} is finished. You may recognize that the \tt {plugininfo.h} file does not exist yet. You have to build the plugin to generate that file. Each time you change \l{The Plugin JSON file} this file will be new generated. Once the build step is finished, you can take a look at that file (curser in line \tt {#include "plugininfo.h"} and press \tt F2)
You will see in the build output following section:
\code
/usr/bin/guh-generateplugininfo ../networkinfo-diy/devicepluginnetworkinfo.json plugininfo.h
../networkinfo-diy/devicepluginnetworkinfo.json -> plugininfo.h
--> generate plugininfo.h
PluginId for plugin "Minimal plugin" = 6878754a-f27d-4007-a4e5-b030b55853f5
define VendorId MinimalVendorId = 3897e82e-7c48-4591-9a2f-0f56c55a96a4
define DeviceClassId minimalDeviceClassId = 7014e5f1-5b04-407a-a819-bbebd11fa372
define logging category: "dcMinimal"
--> generated successfully "plugininfo.h"
--> generate extern-plugininfo.h
--> generated successfully "extern-plugininfo.h"
\endcode
This shows you how the \tt{plugininfo.h} and \tt{extern-plugininfo.h} will be generated. As you can see the UUID definitions and the logging category will be definend for the \b {Minimal} plugin because we have not changed yet \l{The Plugin JSON file}.
The generated \tt {plugininfo.h} file will look like this:
\code
#ifndef PLUGININFO_H
#define PLUGININFO_H
#include "typeutils.h"
#include <QLoggingCategory>
// Id definitions
PluginId pluginId = PluginId("6878754a-f27d-4007-a4e5-b030b55853f5");
VendorId minimalVendorId = VendorId("3897e82e-7c48-4591-9a2f-0f56c55a96a4");
DeviceClassId minimalDeviceClassId = DeviceClassId("7014e5f1-5b04-407a-a819-bbebd11fa372");
// Loging category
Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(dcMinimal)
Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(dcMinimal, "Minimal")
#endif // PLUGININFO_H
\endcode
The generated \tt {extern-plugininfo.h} file will look like this:
\code
#ifndef EXTERNPLUGININFO_H
#define EXTERNPLUGININFO_H
#include "typeutils.h"
#include <QLoggingCategory>
// Id definitions
extern VendorId minimalVendorId;
extern DeviceClassId minimalDeviceClassId;
// Logging category definition
Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(dcMinimal)
#endif // EXTERNPLUGININFO_H
\endcode
\section2 Change the \tt devicepluginnetworkinfo.json
*/