twisted.plugin

Interface	`IPlugin`	Interface that must be implemented by all plugins.
Class	`CachedDropin`	A collection of `CachedPlugin` instances from a particular module in a plugin package.
Class	`CachedPlugin`	Undocumented
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	`_generateCacheEntry`	Undocumented

def fromkeys(keys, value=None): (source)

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

def _generateCacheEntry(provider): (source)

Undocumented