Added an advanced example of discovery

3 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index c4d4aec..a5c45e7 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ Step 3:
             from yourapplication.plugins import my_plugin
         my_plugin.do_something_cool()
 
-Alternatively you can also import plugins programmatically instead of
-using the import statement::
+    Alternatively you can also import plugins programmatically instead of
+    using the import statement::
 
-    my_plugin = plugin_source.load_plugin('my_plugin')
+        my_plugin = plugin_source.load_plugin('my_plugin')
 
 Installation
 ------------
diff --git a/tests/plugins/advanced.py b/tests/plugins/advanced.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19eb051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/plugins/advanced.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from pluginbase import get_plugin_source
+
+
+def get_app():
+    rv = get_plugin_source(stacklevel=1)
+    if rv is not None:
+        return rv.app
+
+
+def get_app_name():
+    return get_app().name
diff --git a/tests/test_advanced.py b/tests/test_advanced.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6440a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_advanced.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+def test_custom_state(base):
+    class App(object):
+        name = 'foobar'
+    source = base.make_plugin_source(searchpath=['./plugins'])
+    source.app = App()
+
+    plg = source.load_plugin('advanced')
+    assert plg.get_app_name() == 'foobar'