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| author | Orgad Shaneh <orgad.shaneh@audiocodes.com> | 2015-03-04 09:25:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@theqtcompany.com> | 2015-03-24 06:22:03 +0000 |
| commit | 044eeacde5ee1add8b06a8a53b86fd5c6991d488 (patch) | |
| tree | bd52d7703102f14801fe02645c5b51affd6d0bc2 /doc | |
| parent | da67c7c6c9723e8426ebeaf73c120d9090a576d6 (diff) | |
| download | qt-creator-044eeacde5ee1add8b06a8a53b86fd5c6991d488.tar.gz | |
Load only tested plugins when invoked with -test
By default, a clean settings path is used for test environment.
All the default plugins are loaded, although they're not needed.
This change significantly improves loading time for tests.
Change-Id: I24254f3e538e3f0e6d233d0989738dc1ce238209
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@theqtcompany.com>
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@theqtcompany.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/api/plugin-metadata.qdoc | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/plugin-metadata.qdoc b/doc/api/plugin-metadata.qdoc index 4477ecb66a..4675202ec9 100644 --- a/doc/api/plugin-metadata.qdoc +++ b/doc/api/plugin-metadata.qdoc @@ -199,8 +199,9 @@ \row \li Type \li String - \li Optional. Value \c Required or \c Optional. Defines if the dependency is - a hard requirement or optional. Defaults to \c{Required}. + \li Optional. Value \c Required, \c Optional, or \c Test. Defines if the dependency is + a hard requirement, optional, or required for running the plugin's tests. + Defaults to \c{Required}. \endtable \section3 Optional Dependencies @@ -223,6 +224,18 @@ ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::getObjectByClassName(), and use QMetaObject functions to call functions on it. + \section3 Test Dependencies + + When the user runs the application with the \c{-test} command line argument, only + the specified plugins and their dependencies are loaded. This is done in order to + speed up the execution of tests by avoiding the loading of unneeded plugins. + + A plugin can specify additional dependencies that are required for running its + tests, but not for its normal execution, by declaring dependencies with + \c {"Type" : "Test"}. Test dependencies are force loaded, and do not affect load order. + + This type of dependency is not transitive. + \section2 Command Line Arguments Plugins can register command line arguments that the user can give |