ilModule Class Reference

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Public Member Functions
	__construct ()
	Constructor: read information on component.
	getName ()
	Get Name.
Public Member Functions inherited from ilComponent
	getVersion ()
	Get Version Number of Component.
	isCore ()
	setId ($a_id)
	Set Id.
	getId ()
	Get Id.
	setPluginSlots ($a_pluginslots)
	Set Plugin Slots.
	getPluginSlots ()
	Get Plugin Slots.
	setSubDirectory ($a_subdirectory)
	Set Sub Directory.
	getSubDirectory ()
	Get Sub Directory.
	getPluginSlotName ($a_id)
	Get name of plugin slot.
	getPluginSlotDirectory ($a_id)
	Get directory of plugin slot.
	getPluginSlotLanguagePrefix ($a_id)
	Get language prefix for plugin slot.

Static Public Member Functions
static	getComponentType ()
	Get Component Type.
static	getAvailableCoreModules ()
	Get all available core modules.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from ilComponent
static	getComponentObject ($a_ctype, $a_cname)
	Get component object.
static	lookupPluginSlots ($a_type, $a_name)
	Lookup all plugin slots of a component.
static	lookupId ($a_type, $a_name)
	Lookup ID of a component.
static	checkVersionNumber ($a_ver)
	Check version number.
static	isVersionGreaterString ($a_ver1, $a_ver2)
static	isVersionGreater ($a_ver1, $a_ver2)
	Check whether version number is greater than another version number.

Detailed Description

ILIAS Module.

Modules handle resource object types (one or more), that can be added to the repository, e.g. forums, glossaries, ...

Modules are ILIAS components, like services. Services can also handle resource object types, but only administrative ones.

Author

Alex Killing alex..nosp@m.kill.nosp@m.ing@g.nosp@m.mx.d.nosp@m.e

Version

$Id$

Definition at line 41 of file class.ilModule.php.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ilModule::__construct

(

)

Constructor: read information on component.

Reimplemented from ilComponent.

Reimplemented in ilSurveyQuestionPoolModule, and ilTestQuestionPoolModule.

Definition at line 47 of file class.ilModule.php.

        {
                parent::__construct();
        }

Member Function Documentation

static ilModule::getAvailableCoreModules ( )

staticfinal

Get all available core modules.

Core modules are located in the main ILIAS/Modules folder and provide a module.xml file that includes information about the module.

Returns

array array of module names (strings)

Definition at line 82 of file class.ilModule.php.

References $dir, $file, and ILIAS_ABSOLUTE_PATH.

Referenced by ilPluginsOverviewTableGUI\getComponents(), ilComponentsTableGUI\getComponents(), ilDBUpdate\loadXMLInfo(), and ilSetupGUI\reloadControlStructure().

        {
                $modules_dir = ILIAS_ABSOLUTE_PATH."/Modules";

                if (!@is_dir($modules_dir))
                {
                        return array();
                }

                // read current directory
                $dir = opendir($modules_dir);

                $modules = array();
                while($file = readdir($dir))
                {
                        if ($file != "." and
                                $file != "..")
                        {
                                // directories
                                if (@is_dir($modules_dir."/".$file))
                                {
                                        if (@is_file($modules_dir."/".$file."/module.xml"))
                                        {
                                                $modules[] = array("subdir" => $file);
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                }
                return $modules;
        }

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static ilModule::getComponentType ( )

staticfinal

Get Component Type.

Returns

string Component Type

Reimplemented from ilComponent.

Definition at line 57 of file class.ilModule.php.

References IL_COMP_MODULE.

        {
                return IL_COMP_MODULE;
        }

ilModule::getName ( )

final

Get Name.

Returns

string Name

Reimplemented from ilComponent.

Definition at line 67 of file class.ilModule.php.

        {
                // class is always il<ModuleName>Module
                $class = get_class($this);
                
                return substr($class, 2, strlen($class) - 8);
        }

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• Services/Component/classes/class.ilModule.php