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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="PeasActivatable.top_of_page"></a>PeasActivatable</span></h2>
<p>PeasActivatable — Interface for activatable plugins.</p>
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<a name="PeasActivatable.synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">                    <a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html#PeasActivatable-struct" title="PeasActivatable">PeasActivatable</a>;
struct              <a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html#PeasActivatableInterface" title="struct PeasActivatableInterface">PeasActivatableInterface</a>;
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html#peas-activatable-activate" title="peas_activatable_activate ()">peas_activatable_activate</a>           (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a> *activatable</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html#peas-activatable-deactivate" title="peas_activatable_deactivate ()">peas_activatable_deactivate</a>         (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a> *activatable</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html#peas-activatable-update-state" title="peas_activatable_update_state ()">peas_activatable_update_state</a>       (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a> *activatable</code></em>);
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  GInterface
   +----PeasActivatable
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<a name="PeasActivatable.prerequisites"></a><h2>Prerequisites</h2>
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PeasActivatable requires
 GObject.</p>
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<a name="PeasActivatable.properties"></a><h2>Properties</h2>
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  "<a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html#PeasActivatable--object" title='The "object" property'>object</a>"                   <span class="type">GObject</span>*              : Read / Write / Construct Only
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<a name="PeasActivatable.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
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<a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a> is an interface which should be implemented by plugins
that should be activated on an object of a certain type (depending on the
application). For instance, in a typical windowed application,
<a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a> plugin instances could be bound to individual toplevel
windows.
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It is typical to use <a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a> along with <a class="link" href="PeasExtensionSet.html" title="PeasExtensionSet"><span class="type">PeasExtensionSet</span></a> in order
to activate and deactivate extensions automatically when plugins are loaded
or unloaded.
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You can also use the code of this interface as a base for your own
extension types, as illustrated by gedit's <code class="literal">GeditWindowActivatable</code> and
<code class="literal">GeditDocumentActivatable</code> interfaces.
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<a name="PeasActivatable-struct"></a><h3>PeasActivatable</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct _PeasActivatable PeasActivatable;</pre>
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Interface for activatable plugins.
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<a name="PeasActivatableInterface"></a><h3>struct PeasActivatableInterface</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">struct PeasActivatableInterface {
  GTypeInterface g_iface;

  /* Virtual public methods */
  void        (*activate)                 (PeasActivatable *activatable);
  void        (*deactivate)               (PeasActivatable *activatable);
  void        (*update_state)             (PeasActivatable *activatable);
};
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Provides an interface for activatable plugins.
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="type">GTypeInterface</span> <em class="structfield"><code><a name="PeasActivatableInterface.g-iface"></a>g_iface</code></em>;</span></p></td>
<td>The parent interface.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="structfield"><code><a name="PeasActivatableInterface.activate"></a>activate</code></em> ()</span></p></td>
<td>Activates the plugin.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="structfield"><code><a name="PeasActivatableInterface.deactivate"></a>deactivate</code></em> ()</span></p></td>
<td>Deactivates the plugin.</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="structfield"><code><a name="PeasActivatableInterface.update-state"></a>update_state</code></em> ()</span></p></td>
<td>Updates the plugin's internal state to take account of
a change in the target object's state.</td>
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<a name="peas-activatable-activate"></a><h3>peas_activatable_activate ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                peas_activatable_activate           (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a> *activatable</code></em>);</pre>
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Activates the extension on the targetted object.
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On activation, the extension should hook itself to the object
where it makes sense.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>activatable</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A <a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a>.</td>
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<a name="peas-activatable-deactivate"></a><h3>peas_activatable_deactivate ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                peas_activatable_deactivate         (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a> *activatable</code></em>);</pre>
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Deactivates the extension on the targetted object.
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On deactivation, an extension should remove itself from all the hooks it
used and should perform any cleanup required, so it can be unreffed safely
and without any more effect on the host application.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>activatable</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A <a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a>.</td>
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<a name="peas-activatable-update-state"></a><h3>peas_activatable_update_state ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                peas_activatable_update_state       (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a> *activatable</code></em>);</pre>
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Triggers an update of the extension internal state to take into account
state changes in the targetted object, due to some event or user action.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>activatable</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>A <a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a>.</td>
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<a name="PeasActivatable.property-details"></a><h2>Property Details</h2>
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<a name="PeasActivatable--object"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"object"</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">  "object"                   <span class="type">GObject</span>*              : Read / Write / Construct Only</pre>
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The object property contains the targetted object for this
<a class="link" href="PeasActivatable.html" title="PeasActivatable"><span class="type">PeasActivatable</span></a> instance, for example a toplevel window in a typical
windowed application. It is set at construction time and won't change.
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<a name="PeasActivatable.see-also"></a><h2>See Also</h2>
<a class="link" href="PeasExtensionSet.html" title="PeasExtensionSet"><span class="type">PeasExtensionSet</span></a>
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