New feature to allow new rules in their own catagory in addons

gramps/gen/plug/_manager.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import re
 import logging
+import importlib
 LOG = logging.getLogger('._manager')
 LOG.progagate = True
 from ..const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
@@ -197,6 +198,18 @@ class BasePluginManager:
                         plugin.data += results
                     except:
                         plugin.data = results
+        # Get the addon rules and import them and make them findable
+        for plugin in self.__pgr.rule_plugins():
+            mod = self.load_plugin(plugin)  # load the addon rule
+            # get place in rule heirarchy to put the new rule
+            obj_rules = importlib.import_module(
+                'gramps.gen.filters.rules.' + plugin.namespace.lower())
+            # get the new rule class object
+            r_class = getattr(mod, plugin.ruleclass)
+            # make the new rule findable via import statements
+            setattr(obj_rules, plugin.ruleclass, r_class)
+            # and add it to the correct fiter editor list
+            obj_rules.editor_rule_list.append(r_class)
 
     def is_loaded(self, pdata_id):
         """

gramps/gen/plug/_pluginreg.py

@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ RELCALC = 9
 GRAMPLET = 10
 SIDEBAR = 11
 DATABASE = 12
-PTYPE = [REPORT , QUICKREPORT, TOOL, IMPORT, EXPORT, DOCGEN, GENERAL,
-               MAPSERVICE, VIEW, RELCALC, GRAMPLET, SIDEBAR, DATABASE]
+RULE = 13
+PTYPE = [REPORT, QUICKREPORT, TOOL, IMPORT, EXPORT, DOCGEN, GENERAL,
+         MAPSERVICE, VIEW, RELCALC, GRAMPLET, SIDEBAR, DATABASE, RULE]
 PTYPE_STR = {
         REPORT: _('Report') ,
         QUICKREPORT: _('Quickreport'),
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ PTYPE_STR = {
         GRAMPLET: _('Gramplet'),
         SIDEBAR: _('Sidebar'),
         DATABASE: _('Database'),
+        RULE: _('Rule')
         }
 
 #possible report categories
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ class PluginData:
        The python path where the plugin implementation can be found
     .. attribute:: ptype
        The plugin type. One of REPORT , QUICKREPORT, TOOL, IMPORT,
-        EXPORT, DOCGEN, GENERAL, MAPSERVICE, VIEW, GRAMPLET, DATABASE
+        EXPORT, DOCGEN, GENERAL, MAPSERVICE, VIEW, GRAMPLET, DATABASE, RULE
     .. attribute:: authors
        List of authors of the plugin, default=[]
     .. attribute:: authors_email
@@ -362,6 +364,13 @@ class PluginData:
     .. attribute:: reset_system
        Boolean to indicate that the system (sys.modules) should
        be reset.
+
+    Attributes for RULE plugins
+
+    .. attribute:: namespace
+       The class (Person, Event, Media, etc.) the rule applies to.
+    .. attribute:: ruleclass
+       The exact class name of the rule; ex: HasSourceParameter
     """
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -440,6 +449,9 @@ class PluginData:
         #GENERAL attr
         self._data = []
         self._process = None
+        #RULE attr
+        self._ruleclass = None
+        self._namespace = None
 
     def _set_id(self, id):
        self._id = id
@@ -987,6 +999,26 @@ class PluginData:
     data = property(_get_data, _set_data)
     process = property(_get_process, _set_process)
 
+    #RULE attr
+    def _set_ruleclass(self, data):
+        if self._ptype != RULE:
+            raise ValueError('ruleclass may only be set for RULE plugins')
+        self._ruleclass = data
+
+    def _get_ruleclass(self):
+        return self._ruleclass
+
+    def _set_namespace(self, data):
+        if self._ptype != RULE:
+            raise ValueError('namespace may only be set for RULE plugins')
+        self._namespace = data
+
+    def _get_namespace(self):
+        return self._namespace
+
+    ruleclass = property(_get_ruleclass, _set_ruleclass)
+    namespace = property(_get_namespace, _set_namespace)
+
 def newplugin():
     """
     Function to create a new plugindata object, add it to list of
@@ -1034,6 +1066,7 @@ def make_environment(**kwargs):
         'EXPORT': EXPORT,
         'DOCGEN': DOCGEN,
         'GENERAL': GENERAL,
+        'RULE': RULE,
         'MAPSERVICE': MAPSERVICE,
         'VIEW': VIEW,
         'RELCALC': RELCALC,
@@ -1350,6 +1383,12 @@ class PluginRegister:
         """
         return self.type_plugins(DATABASE)
 
+    def rule_plugins(self):
+        """
+        Return a list of :class:`PluginData` that are of type RULE
+        """
+        return self.type_plugins(RULE)
+
     def filter_load_on_reg(self):
         """
         Return a list of :class:`PluginData` that have load_on_reg == True