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LicenseManager Class Referenceabstract

License management base class. More...

#include <OpenFlipper/LicenseManager/LicenseManagerActive.hh>

Inheritance diagram for LicenseManager:
SecurityInterface

Public Slots

bool authenticate ()
 
QString licenseError ()
 

Public Member Functions

void blockSignals (bool _state)
 
bool authenticated ()
 

Protected Member Functions

void connectNotify (const char *signal)
 

Private Member Functions

bool timestampOk ()
 
virtual QString name ()=0
 
virtual QString pluginFileName ()
 

Private Attributes

bool authenticated_
 This flag is true if authentication was successful.
 
QString authstring_
 License information string.
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Private Slots inherited from SecurityInterface
bool authenticate ()
 Function starting the authentication process.
 
QString licenseError ()
 If authenticate returns fails, this string will contain the license info.
 

Detailed Description

License management base class.

See Security/License Interface for Details on how to use it.

The class is used by plugins to integrate license management. It will check the license, generate license requests and prevent the plugin from loading if an invalid license or no license is found.

Definition at line 74 of file LicenseManagerActive.hh.

Member Function Documentation

bool LicenseManager::authenticate ( )
slot

Call this function for plugin authentication. If it returns true, the authentication has been successful. Otherwise the core will stop loading the plugin. Additionally the plugin will make itself unusable by not allowing any signal slot connections.

Definition at line 211 of file LicenseManagerActive.cc.

bool LicenseManager::authenticated ( )

Return if the plugin has successfully passed the authentication.

Definition at line 583 of file LicenseManagerActive.cc.

void LicenseManager::blockSignals ( bool  _state)

This function is overloaded and will not allow to unblock signals if the plugin is not authenticated.

Definition at line 123 of file LicenseManagerActive.cc.

void LicenseManager::connectNotify ( const char *  signal)
protected

This function is overloaded in the security interface. If the plugin is not authenticated, all connections will be automatically removed again.

Definition at line 588 of file LicenseManagerActive.cc.

QString LicenseManager::licenseError ( )
slot

if authenticate returns false, this string will contain the license information required to generate a license request and the error that caused the failure.

Definition at line 579 of file LicenseManagerActive.cc.

virtual QString LicenseManager::name ( )
privatepure virtual

This is used to get the plugins Name from derived classes The plugin name is the usual name of the plugin

QString LicenseManager::pluginFileName ( )
privatevirtual

This function is special to the LicenseManager. It is used to find the plugin when checking its hash value.

Definition at line 599 of file LicenseManagerActive.cc.


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