Plugins system using typescript and/or ts classes

src/main/base/plugins.ts

@@ -5,23 +5,26 @@ import * as electron from 'electron'
 export default class PluginHandler {
     private basePluginsPath = path.join(__dirname, '../plugins');
     private userPluginsPath = path.join(electron.app.getPath('userData'), 'plugins');
-    private pluginsList: any = [];
+    private pluginsList: any = {};
 
     constructor() {
 
         this.pluginsList = this.getPlugins();
-        console.log(this.pluginsList);
     }
 
     public getPlugins(): any {
-        let plugins: any = [];
+        let plugins: any = {};
         
         
         if (fs.existsSync(this.basePluginsPath)) {
             fs.readdirSync(this.basePluginsPath).forEach(file => {
                 if (file.endsWith('.ts') || file.endsWith('.js')) {
-                    const plugin = require(path.join(this.basePluginsPath, file));
+                    const plugin = require(path.join(this.basePluginsPath, file)).default;
-                    plugins.push(new plugin());
+                    if (plugins[file] || plugin.name in plugins) {
+                        console.log(`[${plugin.name}] Plugin already loaded / Duplicate Class Name`);
+                    } else {
+                        plugins[file] = new plugin();
+                    }
                 }
             });
         }
@@ -31,8 +34,11 @@ export default class PluginHandler {
             fs.readdirSync(this.userPluginsPath).forEach(file => {
                 if (file.endsWith('.ts') || file.endsWith('.js')) {
                     const plugin = require(path.join(this.userPluginsPath, file));
-                    console.log(plugin);
+                    if (plugins[file] || plugin in plugins) {
-                    plugins.push(new plugin());
+                        console.log(`[${plugin.default}] Plugin already loaded / Duplicate Class Name`);
+                    } else {
+                        plugins[file] = new plugin.default();
+                    }
                 }
             });
         }
@@ -40,4 +46,12 @@ export default class PluginHandler {
         return plugins;
     }
 
+    public callPlugins(event: string, ...args: any[]) {
+        for (const plugin in this.pluginsList) {
+            if (this.pluginsList[plugin][event]) {
+                this.pluginsList[plugin][event](...args);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }

src/main/index.ts

@@ -4,27 +4,29 @@ require('v8-compile-cache');
 const ElectronSentry = require("@sentry/electron");
 ElectronSentry.init({dsn: "https://68c422bfaaf44dea880b86aad5a820d2@o954055.ingest.sentry.io/6112214"});
 
-import {app} from 'electron';
+import * as electron from 'electron';
 import {Win} from "./base/win";
 import {ConfigStore} from "./base/store";
 import {AppEvents} from "./base/app";
-// import PluginHandler from "./base/plugins";
+import PluginHandler from "./base/plugins";
 
 // const test = new PluginHandler();
 
 const config = new ConfigStore();
 const App = new AppEvents(config.store);
-const Cider = new Win(app, config.store)
+const Cider = new Win(electron.app, config.store)
+const plug = new PluginHandler();
 
 /*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * App Event Handlers
 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/
 
-app.on('ready', () => {
+electron.app.on('ready', () => {
     App.ready();
+    plug.callPlugins('onReady');
 
     console.log('[Cider] Application is Ready. Creating Window.')
-    if (!app.isPackaged) {
+    if (!electron.app.isPackaged) {
         console.info('[Cider] Running in development mode.')
         require('vue-devtools').install()
     }
@@ -32,6 +34,18 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
     Cider.createWindow();
 });
 
+/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Renderer Event Handlers
+* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/
+
+electron.ipcMain.on('playbackStateDidChange', (event, attributes) => {
+    plug.callPlugins('onPlaybackStateDidChange', attributes);
+});
+
+electron.ipcMain.on('nowPlayingItemDidChange', (event, attributes) => {
+    plug.callPlugins('onNowPlayingItemDidChange', attributes);
+});
+
 //
 // app.on('before-quit', () => {
 //     app.isQuiting = true;

src/main/plugins/examplePlugin.ts

@@ -1,33 +1,51 @@
+let i = 1, k = 1;
 export default class ExamplePlugin {
 
+    /**
+     * Base Plugin Details (Eventually implemented into a GUI in settings)
+     */
     public name: string = 'examplePlugin';
     public description: string = 'Example plugin';
     public version: string = '1.0.0';
     public author: string = 'Example author';
 
+    /**
+     * Runs on plugin load (Currently run on application start)
+     */
     constructor() {
-        this.name = 'coolPlugin';
+
-        this.description = 'A pretty cool plugin';
-        this.version = '1.0.0';
-        this.author = 'Core';
-    }
-
-    onStart(): void {
-        console.log('Example plugin started');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Runs on app ready
+     */
     onReady(): void {
         console.log('Example plugin ready');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Runs on app stop
+     */
     onStop(): void {
         console.log('Example plugin stopped');
     }
 
-    OnPlaybackStateChanged(attributes: object): void {
+    /**
+     * Runs on playback State Change
+     * @param attributes Music Attributes (attributes.state = current state)
+     */
+    onPlaybackStateDidChange(attributes: object): void {
+        console.log('onPlaybackStateDidChange has been called ' + i +' times');
+        i++
     }
 
-    OnMediaStateChanged(attributes: object): void {
+    /**
+     * Runs on song change
+     * @param attributes Music Attributes
+     */
+    onNowPlayingItemDidChange(attributes: object): void {
+        console.log('onNowPlayingDidChange has been called ' + k +' times');
+        k++
     }
 
 }