diff -r c477ae02bf5f -r 5ece4e830780 PluginManager/PluginManager.py
--- a/PluginManager/PluginManager.py Fri Feb 24 18:58:27 2017 +0100
+++ b/PluginManager/PluginManager.py Fri Feb 24 18:59:38 2017 +0100
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@
pluginName in self.__onDemandActiveModules
###########################################################################
- ## Specialized plugin module handling methods below
+ ## Specialized plug-in module handling methods below
###########################################################################
###########################################################################
@@ -1297,6 +1297,30 @@
ignored = self.__sslErrorHandler.sslErrorsReply(reply, errors)[0]
if ignored == E5SslErrorHandler.NotIgnored:
self.__downloadCancelled = True
+
+ ########################################################################
+ ## Methods to clear private data of plug-ins below
+ ########################################################################
+
+ def clearPluginsPrivateData(self, type_):
+ """
+ Public method to clear the private data of plug-ins of a specified
+ type.
+
+ Plugins supporting this functionality must support the module function
+ clearPrivateData() and have the module level attribute pluginType.
+
+ @param type_ type of the plugin to be activated (string)
+ """
+ for name, module in \
+ list(self.__onDemandActiveModules.items()) + \
+ list(self.__onDemandInactiveModules.items()) + \
+ list(self.__activeModules.items()) + \
+ list(self.__inactiveModules.items()):
+ if getattr(module, "pluginType", "") == type_:
+ if hasattr(module, "clearPrivateData"):
+ module.clearPrivateData()
+ # TODO: document this in the plug-ins paper
#
# eflag: noqa = M801
