ApplicationPlugInsFolders.m
/* |
File: ApplicationPlugInsFolders.m |
Abstract: Implementation for an NSApplication category that includes |
some methods for finding and locating scripting plugins. |
Version: 1.0 |
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#import "ApplicationPlugInsFolders.h" |
#import "scriptLog.h" |
@implementation NSApplication (ApplicationPlugInsFolders) |
/* return an array of folders to search for plugins. This method will return the |
following paths: |
applicationBundle/Contents/PlugIns |
~/Library/Application Support/applicationSupportDirectory/PlugIns |
/Library/Application Support/applicationSupportDirectory/PlugIns |
as described in |
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/LoadingCode/Concepts/Plugins.html |
NOTE: to make this sample more convenient for testing and exploring, |
this method also returns a path to the folder containing the application's bundle. |
*/ |
- (NSArray *)applicationPlugInsFolders { |
NSString *applicationName = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey: @"CFBundleName"]; |
NSMutableArray *thePaths = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:3]; |
/* (A) the main bundle's plugin folder */ |
NSString *bundlePluginPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] builtInPlugInsPath]; |
[thePaths addObject:bundlePluginPath]; |
/* (B) path to directory containing the application |
NOTE: for convenience during testing, we'll add the directory containing the application |
that will be the build directory for all of the targets in this Xcode project. */ |
NSString *pathToAppFolder = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath] stringByDeletingLastPathComponent]; |
[thePaths addObject: pathToAppFolder]; |
/* if we found the application name ... */ |
if ( applicationName != nil ) { |
FSRef folder; |
OSErr err = noErr; |
CFURLRef url; |
/* (C) ~/Library/Application Support/applicationSupportDirectory/PlugIns |
The user's application support folder. Attempt to locate the folder, but |
do not try to create one if it does not exist. */ |
err = FSFindFolder( kUserDomain, kApplicationSupportFolderType, false, &folder ); |
if ( noErr == err ) { |
url = CFURLCreateFromFSRef( kCFAllocatorDefault, &folder ); |
if ( url != NULL ) { |
NSString *userAppSupportPluginFolder = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@/PlugIns", |
[(NSURL *)url path], applicationName]; |
[thePaths addObject:userAppSupportPluginFolder]; |
} |
} |
/* (D) /Library/Application Support/applicationSupportDirectory/PlugIns |
The local machine's application support folder. Attempt to locate the |
folder, but do not try to create one if it does not exist. */ |
err = FSFindFolder( kLocalDomain, kApplicationSupportFolderType, false, &folder ); |
if ( noErr == err ) { |
url = CFURLCreateFromFSRef( kCFAllocatorDefault, &folder ); |
if ( url != NULL ) { |
NSString *machineAppSupportPluginFolder = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@/PlugIns", |
[(NSURL *)url path], applicationName]; |
[thePaths addObject:machineAppSupportPluginFolder]; |
} |
} |
} |
/* return the paths */ |
return thePaths; |
} |
/* find all of the plugin bundles with the given suffix and return an |
array of paths referring to any plugins found. This method calls |
-applicationPlugInsFolders to retrieve a list of folders to search. */ |
- (NSArray *)findApplicationPlugInsWithSuffix:(NSString *)pluginBundleSuffix { |
/* get a list of all the plug-in folders */ |
NSArray *pluginFolderPaths = [NSApp applicationPlugInsFolders]; |
/* set up the result */ |
NSMutableArray *pluginBundlePaths = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:10]; |
/* for enumerating directory contents */ |
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; |
BOOL isDirectory; |
/* scan each folder for matching plugin bundles */ |
for ( NSString *nthFolder in pluginFolderPaths ) { |
/* make sure the folder exists before trying to enumerate the files in it */ |
if ( [fileManager fileExistsAtPath:nthFolder isDirectory:&isDirectory] && isDirectory ) { |
SLOG(@"looking for %@ plugins in %@", pluginBundleSuffix, nthFolder); |
/* enumerate items in each plug-in location */ |
NSDirectoryEnumerator *dirEnum = [fileManager enumeratorAtPath:nthFolder]; |
for ( NSString *dirEnt in dirEnum ) { |
/* match directories with the proper suffix */ |
NSDictionary *itemInfo = [dirEnum fileAttributes]; |
if ( [itemInfo objectForKey:NSFileType] == NSFileTypeDirectory ) { |
/* check for matching suffix in name */ |
if ( [dirEnt hasSuffix: pluginBundleSuffix] ) { |
/* create a path to the plugin */ |
NSString *pluginPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@", nthFolder, dirEnt]; |
SLOG(@"found plugin %@", pluginPath); |
/* add matching items to the result */ |
[pluginBundlePaths addObject: pluginPath ]; |
} |
/* do not iterate contents of directories */ |
[dirEnum skipDescendents]; |
} |
} |
} |
} |
/* return array of paths */ |
return (NSArray *) pluginBundlePaths; |
} |
@end |
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