# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# pylint: disable=R0201,E0711
"""This is the __init__ module for the plugins.
It contains the base class for all plugins
"""
import logging
import importlib
_LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
[docs]class SoCoPlugin(object):
"""The base class for SoCo plugins."""
def __init__(self, soco):
cls = self.__class__.__name__
_LOG.info('Initializing SoCo plugin %s', cls)
self.soco = soco
@property
def name(self):
""" human-readable name of the plugin """
raise NotImplementedError('Plugins should overwrite the name property')
[docs] @classmethod
def from_name(cls, fullname, soco, *args, **kwargs):
"""Instantiate a plugin by its full name."""
_LOG.info('Loading plugin %s', fullname)
parts = fullname.split('.')
modname = '.'.join(parts[:-1])
clsname = parts[-1]
mod = importlib.import_module(modname)
cls = getattr(mod, clsname)
_LOG.info('Loaded class %s', cls)
return cls(soco, *args, **kwargs)