"""
Meta is a script to access the plugins which handle meta information.

"""

from __future__ import absolute_import
#Init has to be imported first because it has code to workaround the python bug where relative imports don't work if the module is imported as a main module.
import __init__

from fabmetheus_utilities import archive
from fabmetheus_utilities import gcodec
from fabmetheus_utilities import settings
from skeinforge_application.skeinforge_utilities import skeinforge_profile
import os


__author__ = 'Enrique Perez (perez_enrique@yahoo.com)'
__date__ = '$Date: 2008/21/04 $'
__license__ = 'GNU Affero General Public License http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html'


def getNewRepository():
	'Get new repository.'
	return MetaRepository()

def getPluginFileNames():
	"Get meta plugin file names."
	return archive.getPluginFileNamesFromDirectoryPath( getPluginsDirectoryPath() )

def getPluginsDirectoryPath():
	"Get the plugins directory path."
	return archive.getSkeinforgePluginsPath('meta_plugins')


class MetaRepository:
	"A class to handle the meta settings."
	def __init__(self):
		"Set the default settings, execute title & settings fileName."
		skeinforge_profile.addListsToCraftTypeRepository('skeinforge_application.skeinforge_utilities.skeinforge_meta.html', self)
		importantFileNames = ['polyfile']
		settings.getRadioPluginsAddPluginFrame( getPluginsDirectoryPath(), importantFileNames, getPluginFileNames(), self )