twisted.plugin : API documentation

Interface	IPlugin	Interface that must be implemented by all plugins.
Class	CachedPlugin	Undocumented
Class	CachedDropin	A collection of `CachedPlugin` instances from a particular module in a plugin package.
Function	fromkeys	Undocumented
Function	getCache	Compute all the possible loadable plugins, while loading as few as possible and hitting the filesystem as little as possible.
Function	getPlugins	Retrieve all plugins implementing the given interface beneath the given module.
Function	pluginPackagePaths	Return a list of additional directories which should be searched for modules to be included as part of the named plugin package.
Function	_determinePickleModule	Determine which 'pickle' API module to use.
Function	_generateCacheEntry	Undocumented

def getCache(module): (source)

Compute all the possible loadable plugins, while loading as few as possible and hitting the filesystem as little as possible.

Parameters	module	a Python module object. This represents a package to search for plugins.
Returns	a dictionary mapping module names to CachedDropin instances.

def getPlugins(interface, package=None): (source)

Retrieve all plugins implementing the given interface beneath the given module.

Parameters	interface	An interface class. Only plugins which implement this interface will be returned.
	package	A package beneath which plugins are installed. For most uses, the default value is correct.
Returns	An iterator of plugins.

def pluginPackagePaths(name): (source)

Return a list of additional directories which should be searched for modules to be included as part of the named plugin package.

Parameters	name	The fully-qualified Python name of a plugin package, eg `'twisted.plugins'`. (type: `str` )
Returns	The absolute paths to other directories which may contain plugin modules for the named plugin package. (type: `list` of `str` )

t.plugin : module documentation