+ /** Attach an event to a module.
+ * You may later detatch the event with ModuleManager::Detach().
+ * If your module is unloaded, all events are automatically detatched.
+ * @param i Event type to attach
+ * @param mod Module to attach event to
+ * @return True if the event was attached
+ */
+ bool Attach(Implementation i, Module* mod);
+
+ /** Detatch an event from a module.
+ * This is not required when your module unloads, as the core will
+ * automatically detatch your module from all events it is attached to.
+ * @param i Event type to detach
+ * @param mod Module to detach event from
+ * @param Detach true if the event was detached
+ */
+ bool Detach(Implementation i, Module* mod);
+
+ /** Attach an array of events to a module
+ * @param i Event types (array) to attach
+ * @param mod Module to attach events to
+ */
+ void Attach(Implementation* i, Module* mod, size_t sz);
+
+ /** Detach all events from a module (used on unload)
+ * @param mod Module to detach from
+ */
+ void DetachAll(Module* mod);
+
+ /** Returns text describing the last module error
+ * @return The last error message to occur
+ */
+ std::string& LastError();
+
+ /** Load a given module file
+ * @param filename The file to load
+ * @return True if the module was found and loaded
+ */
+ bool Load(const char* filename);
+
+ /** Unload a given module file
+ * @param filename The file to unload
+ * @return True if the module was unloaded
+ */
+ bool Unload(const char* filename);
+
+ /** Called by the InspIRCd constructor to load all modules from the config file.
+ */
+ void LoadAll();
+
+ /** Get the total number of currently loaded modules
+ * @return The number of loaded modules
+ */
+ int GetCount()
+ {
+ return this->ModCount;
+ }
+
+ /** Find a module by name, and return a Module* to it.
+ * This is preferred over iterating the module lists yourself.
+ * @param name The module name to look up
+ * @return A pointer to the module, or NULL if the module cannot be found
+ */
+ Module* Find(const std::string &name);
+
+ /** 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);
+
+ /** Determine if a module has published the named interface.
+ * This could be used in, for example, OnLoadModule to pick up other modules that can be used.
+ * @param mod The module to check.
+ * @param InterfaceName the interface you want to check for
+ * @return True if the module provides the interface, false otherwise.
+ */
+ bool ModuleHasInterface(Module* mod, 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);
+
+ /** Return a list of all modules matching the given filter
+ * @param filter This int is a bitmask of flags set in Module::Flags,
+ * such as VF_VENDOR or VF_STATIC. If you wish to receive a list of
+ * all modules with no filtering, set this to 0.
+ * @return The list of module names
+ */
+ const std::vector<std::string> GetAllModuleNames(int filter);
+};
+
+/** This definition is used as shorthand for the various classes
+ * and functions needed to make a module loadable by the OS.
+ * It defines the class factory and external init_module function.