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<h1>eric7.EricWidgets.EricApplication</h1>
<p>
Class implementing a specialized application class.
</p>

<h3>Global Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>ericApp</td></tr>
</table>

<h3>Classes</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication">EricApplication</a></td>
<td>Eric application class with an object registry.</td>
</tr>
</table>

<h3>Functions</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

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<a NAME="EricApplication" ID="EricApplication"></a>
<h2>EricApplication</h2>
<p>
    Eric application class with an object registry.
</p>

<h3>Derived from</h3>
QApplication
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>PaletteRoleMapping</td></tr>
</table>

<h3>Class Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<h3>Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.__init__">EricApplication</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.__setPaletteFromStyleSheet">__setPaletteFromStyleSheet</a></td>
<td>Private method to set the palette from a style sheet.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.getMainWindow">getMainWindow</a></td>
<td>Public method to get a reference to the application main window.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.getObject">getObject</a></td>
<td>Public method to get a reference to a registered object.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.getPluginObject">getPluginObject</a></td>
<td>Public method to get a reference to a registered plugin object.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.getPluginObjectType">getPluginObjectType</a></td>
<td>Public method to get the type of a registered plugin object.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.getPluginObjects">getPluginObjects</a></td>
<td>Public method to get a list of (name, reference) pairs of all registered plugin objects.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.getStyleIconsPath">getStyleIconsPath</a></td>
<td>Public method to get the path for the style icons.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.registerObject">registerObject</a></td>
<td>Public method to register an object in the object registry.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.registerPluginObject">registerPluginObject</a></td>
<td>Public method to register a plugin object in the object registry.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.setMainWindow">setMainWindow</a></td>
<td>Public method to set the reference to the application main window.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.setStyleSheetFile">setStyleSheetFile</a></td>
<td>Public method to read a QSS style sheet file and set the application style sheet based on its contents.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.unregisterPluginObject">unregisterPluginObject</a></td>
<td>Public method to unregister a plugin object in the object registry.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.usesDarkPalette">usesDarkPalette</a></td>
<td>Public method to check, if the application uses a palette with a dark background.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#EricApplication.usesSmallScreen">usesSmallScreen</a></td>
<td>Public method to determine, if the application is used on a small screen.</td>
</tr>
</table>

<h3>Static Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>


<a NAME="EricApplication.__init__" ID="EricApplication.__init__"></a>
<h4>EricApplication (Constructor)</h4>
<b>EricApplication</b>(<i>args</i>)
<p>
        Constructor
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>args</i> (argparse.Namespace)</dt>
<dd>
namespace object containing the parsed command line parameters
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.__setPaletteFromStyleSheet" ID="EricApplication.__setPaletteFromStyleSheet"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.__setPaletteFromStyleSheet</h4>
<b>__setPaletteFromStyleSheet</b>(<i>styleSheet</i>)
<p>
        Private method to set the palette from a style sheet.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>styleSheet</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
style sheet
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.getMainWindow" ID="EricApplication.getMainWindow"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.getMainWindow</h4>
<b>getMainWindow</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
        Public method to get a reference to the application main window.
</p>

<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
reference to the application main window
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
QWidget
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.getObject" ID="EricApplication.getObject"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.getObject</h4>
<b>getObject</b>(<i>name</i>)
<p>
        Public method to get a reference to a registered object.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>name</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
name of the object
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
reference to the registered object
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
Any
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>

<dt>Raises <b>KeyError</b>:</dt>
<dd>
raised when the given name is not known
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.getPluginObject" ID="EricApplication.getPluginObject"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.getPluginObject</h4>
<b>getPluginObject</b>(<i>name</i>)
<p>
        Public method to get a reference to a registered plugin object.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>name</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
name of the plugin object
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
reference to the registered plugin object
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
Any
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>

<dt>Raises <b>KeyError</b>:</dt>
<dd>
raised when the given name is not known
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.getPluginObjectType" ID="EricApplication.getPluginObjectType"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.getPluginObjectType</h4>
<b>getPluginObjectType</b>(<i>name</i>)
<p>
        Public method to get the type of a registered plugin object.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>name</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
name of the plugin object
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
type of the plugin object
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>

<dt>Raises <b>KeyError</b>:</dt>
<dd>
raised when the given name is not known
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.getPluginObjects" ID="EricApplication.getPluginObjects"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.getPluginObjects</h4>
<b>getPluginObjects</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
        Public method to get a list of (name, reference) pairs of all
        registered plugin objects.
</p>

<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
list of (name, reference) pairs
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
list of (str, any)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.getStyleIconsPath" ID="EricApplication.getStyleIconsPath"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.getStyleIconsPath</h4>
<b>getStyleIconsPath</b>(<i>universal=False</i>)
<p>
        Public method to get the path for the style icons.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>universal</i> (bool (optional))</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating a universal file path (defaults to
            False)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
directory path containing the style icons
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.registerObject" ID="EricApplication.registerObject"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.registerObject</h4>
<b>registerObject</b>(<i>name, objectRef</i>)
<p>
        Public method to register an object in the object registry.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>name</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
name of the object
</dd>
<dt><i>objectRef</i> (Any)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the object
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>

<dt>Raises <b>KeyError</b>:</dt>
<dd>
raised when the given name is already in use
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.registerPluginObject" ID="EricApplication.registerPluginObject"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.registerPluginObject</h4>
<b>registerPluginObject</b>(<i>name, objectRef, pluginType=None</i>)
<p>
        Public method to register a plugin object in the object registry.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>name</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
name of the plugin object
</dd>
<dt><i>objectRef</i> (Any)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the plugin object
</dd>
<dt><i>pluginType</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
type of the plugin object
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>

<dt>Raises <b>KeyError</b>:</dt>
<dd>
raised when the given name is already in use
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.setMainWindow" ID="EricApplication.setMainWindow"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.setMainWindow</h4>
<b>setMainWindow</b>(<i>mainWindow</i>)
<p>
        Public method to set the reference to the application main window.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>mainWindow</i> (QWidget)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the application main window
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.setStyleSheetFile" ID="EricApplication.setStyleSheetFile"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.setStyleSheetFile</h4>
<b>setStyleSheetFile</b>(<i>filename</i>)
<p>
        Public method to read a QSS style sheet file and set the application
        style sheet based on its contents.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>filename</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
name of the QSS style sheet file
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.unregisterPluginObject" ID="EricApplication.unregisterPluginObject"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.unregisterPluginObject</h4>
<b>unregisterPluginObject</b>(<i>name</i>)
<p>
        Public method to unregister a plugin object in the object registry.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>name</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
name of the plugin object
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.usesDarkPalette" ID="EricApplication.usesDarkPalette"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.usesDarkPalette</h4>
<b>usesDarkPalette</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
        Public method to check, if the application uses a palette with a dark
        background.
</p>

<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating the use of a palette with a dark background
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
bool
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="EricApplication.usesSmallScreen" ID="EricApplication.usesSmallScreen"></a>
<h4>EricApplication.usesSmallScreen</h4>
<b>usesSmallScreen</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
        Public method to determine, if the application is used on a small
        screen.
</p>

<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating the use of a small screen
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
bool
</dd>
</dl>
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