C# Class BlogEngine.Core.Web.Extensions.ExtensionManager

Method to change extension status

Tell if manager already has this extension

Enabled / Disabled

Returns extension to the client based on name

Method to get settings collection

Returns settings for specified extension

Do initial import here. If already imported, let extension manager take care of settings To reset, blogger has to delete all settings in the manager

Imports the settings.

Initializes settings by importing default parameters

Will serialize and cache ext. mgr. object

Will save settings (add to extension object, then cache and serialize all object hierarhy to XML)

The save settings.

Saves ext. manager object to XML file or database table using provider model

Save individual extension to storage

A way to let extension author to use custom admin page. Will show up as link on extensions page

Only change status on first load; This allows to enable/disable extension on initial load and then be able to override it with change status from admin interface

Show of hide settings in the admin/extensions list

Returns extension object

Extension is "new" if it is loaded from assembly but not yet saved to the disk. This state is needed so that we can initialize extension and its settings on the first load and then override it from admin

If extensions not in the cache will load from the XML file. If file not exists will load from assembly using reflection

Caches for performance. If manager cached and not updates done, chached copy always returned