Ticket	Summary	Owner	Status	Type	Component	Priority	Effort	Importance
#409	APP_PLUGIN_MANAGER_HOT_ENABLE_R0	deyan	closed	planned_task	APP_CONFIGURATION	3	0.5	0
Reported by Astea, 3 years ago.
description	wiki page: APP_PLUGIN_MANAGER_HOT_ENABLE_R0 - effort: 0.5d
analysis_owners	deyan
analysis_reviewers	pav
analysis_score	2
design_score	0
implementation_score	0
test_score	0

Analysis

Overview

enable a plugin without restart

App plugin hot enable allows the user to enable a plugin without restarting the application.

• A button Enable should be clickable when a non-enabled plugin is selected from the app plugin manager list
  • This button can be part of the list or under the list
• The button enables the plugin and it is loaded immidiately

Task requirements

• Provide the Hot Enable functionality (Related to Plugin Enable/Disable
• Create the enable button and link it with impelemented functionality.
  • The button should be inactive when no plugins are selected or the selected plugin cannot be enabled/disabled.
• Create an enable button in the Plugin Manager palette

Task result

Code

Implementation idea

• Depends on PLUGIN_SUPPORT_LIB_CONFIGURING_R0
• Implement this task after APP_PLUGIN_MANAGER_ENABLE_DISABLE_R0?.
• When a plugin is "enabled" its bundle state has to change from "installed" to "started".

Related

PLUGIN_SUPPORT_LIB_CONFIGURING_R0
APP_PLUGIN_MANAGER_ENABLE_DISABLE_R0?
APP_PLUGIN_MANAGER_LIST_R0

How to demo

• Start the application
• Stop a non-vital plugin from the list
• Restart the application
• Show that the functionality is missing
• Enable the plugin
• Show its functionality without restarting the application.

Design

Implementation

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Testing

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