- /** For use with Module::Prioritize().
- * When the return value of this function is returned from
- * Module::Prioritize(), this specifies that the module wishes
- * to be ordered exactly BEFORE 'modulename'. For more information
- * please see Module::Prioritize().
- * @param modulename The module your module wants to be before in the call list
- * @returns a priority ID which the core uses to relocate the module in the list
- */
- long PriorityBefore(const std::string &modulename);
-
- /** For use with Module::Prioritize().
- * When the return value of this function is returned from
- * Module::Prioritize(), this specifies that the module wishes
- * to be ordered exactly AFTER 'modulename'. For more information please
- * see Module::Prioritize().
- * @param modulename The module your module wants to be after in the call list
- * @returns a priority ID which the core uses to relocate the module in the list
- */
- long PriorityAfter(const std::string &modulename);
-
- /** Publish a 'feature'.
- * There are two ways for a module to find another module it depends on.
- * Either by name, using InspIRCd::FindModule, or by feature, using this
- * function. A feature is an arbitary string which identifies something this
- * module can do. For example, if your module provides SSL support, but other
- * modules provide SSL support too, all the modules supporting SSL should
- * publish an identical 'SSL' feature. This way, any module requiring use
- * of SSL functions can just look up the 'SSL' feature using FindFeature,
- * then use the module pointer they are given.
- * @param FeatureName The case sensitive feature name to make available
- * @param Mod a pointer to your module class
- * @returns True on success, false if the feature is already published by
- * another module.
- */
- bool PublishFeature(const std::string &FeatureName, Module* Mod);
-
- /** Publish a module to an 'interface'.
- * Modules which implement the same interface (the same way of communicating
- * with other modules) can publish themselves to an interface, using this
- * method. When they do so, they become part of a list of related or
- * compatible modules, and a third module may then query for that list
- * and know that all modules within that list offer the same API.
- * A prime example of this is the hashing modules, which all accept the
- * same types of Request class. Consider this to be similar to PublishFeature,
- * except for that multiple modules may publish the same 'feature'.
- * @param InterfaceName The case sensitive interface name to make available
- * @param Mod a pointer to your module class
- * @returns True on success, false on failure (there are currently no failure
- * cases)
- */
- bool PublishInterface(const std::string &InterfaceName, Module* Mod);
-
- /** Return a pair saying how many other modules are currently using the
- * interfaces provided by module m.
- * @param m The module to count usage for
- * @return A pair, where the first value is the number of uses of the interface,
- * and the second value is the interface name being used.
- */
- std::pair<int,std::string> GetInterfaceInstanceCount(Module* m);
-
- /** Mark your module as using an interface.
- * If you mark your module as using an interface, then that interface
- * module may not unload until your module has unloaded first.
- * This can be used to prevent crashes by ensuring code you depend on
- * is always in memory while your module is active.
- * @param InterfaceName The interface to use
- */
- void UseInterface(const std::string &InterfaceName);
-
- /** Mark your module as finished with an interface.
- * If you used UseInterface() above, you should use this method when
- * your module is finished with the interface (usually in its destructor)
- * to allow the modules which implement the given interface to be unloaded.
- * @param InterfaceName The interface you are finished with using.
- */
- void DoneWithInterface(const std::string &InterfaceName);
-
- /** Unpublish a 'feature'.
- * When your module exits, it must call this method for every feature it
- * is providing so that the feature table is cleaned up.
- * @param FeatureName the feature to remove
- */
- bool UnpublishFeature(const std::string &FeatureName);
-
- /** Unpublish your module from an interface
- * When your module exits, it must call this method for every interface
- * it is part of so that the interfaces table is cleaned up. Only when
- * the last item is deleted from an interface does the interface get
- * removed.
- * @param InterfaceName the interface to be removed from
- * @param Mod The module to remove from the interface list
- */
- bool UnpublishInterface(const std::string &InterfaceName, Module* Mod);
-
- /** Find a 'feature'.
- * There are two ways for a module to find another module it depends on.
- * Either by name, using InspIRCd::FindModule, or by feature, using the
- * InspIRCd::PublishFeature method. A feature is an arbitary string which
- * identifies something this module can do. For example, if your module
- * provides SSL support, but other modules provide SSL support too, all
- * the modules supporting SSL should publish an identical 'SSL' feature.
- * To find a module capable of providing the feature you want, simply
- * call this method with the feature name you are looking for.
- * @param FeatureName The feature name you wish to obtain the module for
- * @returns A pointer to a valid module class on success, NULL on failure.
- */
- Module* FindFeature(const std::string &FeatureName);
-
- /** Find an 'interface'.
- * An interface is a list of modules which all implement the same API.
- * @param InterfaceName The Interface you wish to obtain the module
- * list of.
- * @return A pointer to a deque of Module*, or NULL if the interface
- * does not exist.
- */
- modulelist* FindInterface(const std::string &InterfaceName);
-
- /** Given a pointer to a Module, return its filename
- * @param m The module pointer to identify
- * @return The module name or an empty string
- */
- const std::string& GetModuleName(Module* m);
-