DllDir Class Reference

Represents the plug-in DLL "directory", which is a registry of every plug-in DLL loaded by 3ds Max. More...

#include <plugin.h>

Inheritance diagram for DllDir:

Public Member Functions
virtual	~DllDir ()=0
CoreExport int	Count () const
	Returns the number of plug-in DLLs currently loaded.
CoreExport const DllDesc &	operator[] (int i) const
	Returns a reference to the i-th DllDesc that represents a loaded plug-in dll.
CoreExport const DllDesc &	GetDllDescription (int i) const
	Returns a reference to the i-th DllDesc that represents a loaded plug-in dll.
CoreExport ClassDirectory &	ClassDir () const
	Returns a reference to the ClassDirectory.
CoreExport const DllDesc *	GetDllDescriptionForClass (SClass_ID superClassId, const Class_ID &classId)
	Returns the DllDesc that contains the definition of a class with the specified class and superclass IDs.
CoreExport int	FindDllDescFromDllPath (const MaxSDK::Util::Path &aFullPath) const
	Returns the DllDesc index within the DLL Directory (DllDir) for a given full path.
CoreExport int	FindDllDescFromHInstance (const HINSTANCE hInst) const
	Returns the DllDesc index within the DLL Directory (DllDir) for a given module handle.
Methods for loading plug-in dlls
The following methods load plug-in dlls. In most cases plug-ins do not need to call these methods since 3ds Max will automatically attempt to load all plug-in dlls found in the "stdplugs" folder and in all other folders specified by the user in Configure System Paths > 3rd Party Plug-ins. Note that when 3ds Max attempts to load its plug-ins during it's startup, it will defer as many plug-ins as possible. One case in which a plug-in needs to call one of these methods is when it has a run-time dependency on special functionality exposed by another plug-in dll and it wants to make sure that the plug-in dll was not defer loaded by 3ds Max. Note that creating an instance of a plug-in object residing in a defer loaded plug-in dll will result in 3ds Max loading that plug-in dll automatically. The client of the plug-in instance does not need to explicitly load the plug-in dll. For more details on plug-in defer loading see the topic called "Defer loading of plug-ins" in the 3ds Max SDK Programmer's Guide.
CoreExport int	LoadDlls (const MCHAR *pluginWildcard, bool forceLoadDeferrablePluginDlls=false)
	Loads the specified plug-in dlls from all the plug-in folders that 3ds Max knows about.
CoreExport int	LoadDllsFromDir (const MCHAR *pluginPath, const MCHAR *pluginWildcard, bool forceLoadDeferrablePluginDlls=false)
	Loads plug-in DLLs from the specified directory.
CoreExport bool	LoadADll (const MCHAR *pluginDllFileName, bool forceLoadDeferrablePluginDlls)
	Loads a given plug-in DLL.

Static Public Member Functions
static CoreExport DllDir &	GetInstance ()
	Retrieves the sole instance of class DllDir.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from MaxHeapOperators
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	Allocates memory on a specified alignment boundary.
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	Reallocates memory on a specified alignment boundary.
static UtilExport void	aligned_free (void *ptr)
	Frees a block of memory that was allocated with aligned_malloc/aligned_realloc.

Protected Member Functions
	DllDir ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from Noncopyable
	Noncopyable ()
	~Noncopyable ()

Protected Attributes
MaxSDK::AutoPtr< DllDirImpl >	mImpl

Detailed Description

Represents the plug-in DLL "directory", which is a registry of every plug-in DLL loaded by 3ds Max.

It also encapsulates the ClassDirectory which is a registry of all classes implemented in the plug-in DLLs. The following diagram shows the relationship between the classes that make up the DllDir structure. The lines in the diagram indicate how the objects are accessed. Class DllDir provides access to a list of DllDesc objects. Each of these has a list of ClassDesc objects. Class ClassDirectory provides access to the a table of SubClassList objects which are grouped by super class ID. Each SubClassList has a series of ClassEntry objects. The ClassEntry object provides information about the plug-in classes (some of the same information as the class descriptor, usage counts, etc.).

DllDir is a singleton; its sole instance can be retrieved by DllDir::GetInstance() or Interface::GetDllDir(). All methods of this class are implemented by the system.

See also

Class DllDesc, Class ClassDirectory, Class ClassDesc, Class ClassEntry, Class Interface.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

~DllDir()

virtual ~DllDir ( )

pure virtual

DllDir()

DllDir ( )

protected

Member Function Documentation

GetInstance()

static CoreExport DllDir & GetInstance ( )

static

Retrieves the sole instance of class DllDir.

Count()

CoreExport int Count

(

)

const

Returns the number of plug-in DLLs currently loaded.

operator[]()

CoreExport const DllDesc & operator[]

(

int

i

)

const

Returns a reference to the i-th DllDesc that represents a loaded plug-in dll.

Parameters

i	- Zero based index of the loaded plug-in dll descriptors

GetDllDescription()

CoreExport const DllDesc & GetDllDescription

(

int

i

)

const

Returns a reference to the i-th DllDesc that represents a loaded plug-in dll.

Parameters

i	- Zero based index of the loaded plug-in dll descriptors

LoadDlls()

CoreExport int LoadDlls	(	const MCHAR *	pluginWildcard,
		bool	forceLoadDeferrablePluginDlls = false
	)

Loads the specified plug-in dlls from all the plug-in folders that 3ds Max knows about.

This method loads the specified plug-ins from the "stdplugs" and all the other folders specified in the Configure System Paths > 3rd Party Plug-ins list.

Parameters

pluginWildcard	- String that specifies via wildcard characters (* and ?) which plug-in dlls to load.
forceLoadDeferrablePluginDlls	- If true the plug-in dll is guaranteed not to be defer loaded, otherwise the loading of the plug-in dll might be deferred to a later time. For more information see the topic called "Defer loading of plug-ins" in the 3ds Max SDK Programmer's Guide

Returns

Nonzero if successful; zero on error.

LoadDllsFromDir()

CoreExport int LoadDllsFromDir	(	const MCHAR *	pluginPath,
		const MCHAR *	pluginWildcard,
		bool	forceLoadDeferrablePluginDlls = false
	)

Loads plug-in DLLs from the specified directory.

The default behaviour of this method is to defer the loading of a plug-in if possible.

Parameters

pluginPath	- String that specifies a valid path to load plug-in DLLs from.
pluginWildcard	- String that specifies via wildcard characters (* and ?) which plug-in dlls to load.
forceLoadDeferrablePluginDlls	- If true the plug-in dll is guaranteed not to be defer loaded, otherwise the loading of the plug-in dll might be deferred to a later time. For more information see the topic called "Defer loading of plug-ins" in the 3ds Max SDK Programmer's Guide

Returns

Nonzero if successful; zero on error.

LoadADll()

CoreExport bool LoadADll	(	const MCHAR *	pluginDllFileName,
		bool	forceLoadDeferrablePluginDlls
	)

Loads a given plug-in DLL.

Parameters

pluginDllFileName	- The path and name of the plug-in dll to load
forceLoadDeferrablePluginDlls	- If true the plug-in dll is guaranteed not to be defer loaded, otherwise the loading of the plug-in dll might be deferred to a later time. For more information see the topic called "Defer loading of plug-ins" in the 3ds Max SDK Programmer's Guide

Returns

- true if the plug-in was loaded successfully

ClassDir()

CoreExport ClassDirectory & ClassDir

(

)

const

Returns a reference to the ClassDirectory.

GetDllDescriptionForClass()

CoreExport const DllDesc * GetDllDescriptionForClass	(	SClass_ID	superClassId,
		const Class_ID &	classId
	)

Returns the DllDesc that contains the definition of a class with the specified class and superclass IDs.

Parameters

superClassId	The super class ID.
classId	The class ID.

Returns

The DllDesc object that owns the ClassDesc associated with this ID pairing, or NULL if no such DllDesc exists.

FindDllDescFromDllPath()

CoreExport int FindDllDescFromDllPath

(

const MaxSDK::Util::Path &

aFullPath

)

const

Returns the DllDesc index within the DLL Directory (DllDir) for a given full path.

Parameters

aFullPath

A fully-qualified path object to the dll represented by the desired DllDesc object

Returns

the index to the DllDesc or -1 if not found

FindDllDescFromHInstance()

CoreExport int FindDllDescFromHInstance

(

const HINSTANCE

hInst

)

const

Returns the DllDesc index within the DLL Directory (DllDir) for a given module handle.

Parameters

hInst

The module handle used to identify a DllDesc

Returns

the index to the DllDesc or -1 if not found

Member Data Documentation

mImpl

MaxSDK::AutoPtr<DllDirImpl> mImpl

protected