    from Common import *
    from MiscUtils.PropertiesObject import PropertiesObject

    class PlugInError(Exception):
        pass

    class PlugIn(Object):
        """Template for Webware Plug-ins.

        A plug-in is a software component that is loaded by WebKit in order to
        provide additional WebKit functionality without necessarily having to modify
        WebKit's source. The most infamous plug-in is PSP (Python Server Pages)
        which ships with Webware.

        Plug-ins often provide additional servlet factories, servlet subclasses,
        examples and documentation. Ultimately, it is the plug-in author's choice
        as to what to provide and in what manner.

        Instances of this class represent plug-ins which are ultimately Python
        packages (see the Python Tutorial, 6.4: "Packages" at
        http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node8.html#SECTION008400000000000000000).

        A plug-in must also be a Webware component which at means that it will have
        a Properties.py file advertising its name, version, requirements, etc.
        You can ask a plug-in for its properties().

        The plug-in/package must have an __init__.py while must contain a function:
            def InstallInWebKit(appServer):
        This function is invoked to take whatever actions are needed to plug the
        new component into WebKit. See PSP for an example.

        If you ask an AppServer for its plugIns(), you will get a list of instances
        of this class.

        The path of the plug-in is added to sys.path, if it's not already there.
        This is convenient, but we may need a more sophisticated solution in the
        future to avoid name collisions between plug-ins.

        Note that this class is hardly ever subclassed. The software in the
        plug-in package is what provides new functionality and there is currently
        no way to tell AppServer to use custom subclasses of this class on a
        case-by-case basis (and so far there is currently no need).

        Instructions for invoking:
            p = PlugIn(self, '../Foo') # 'self' is typically AppServer. It gets passed to InstallInWebKit()
            willNotLoadReason = plugIn.load()
            if willNotLoadReason:
                print '    Plug-in %s cannot be loaded because:\n    %s' % (path, willNotLoadReason)
                return None
            p.install()
            # Note that load() and install() could raise exceptions. You should expect this.

        """

        ## Init, load and install ##

        def __init__(self, appServer, path):
            """Initializes the plug-in with basic information.

            This lightweight constructor does not access the file system.

            """
            self._appServer = appServer
            self._path = path
            self._dir, self._name = os.path.split(path)
            self._ver = '(unknown)'
            self._examplePages = None

        def load(self):
            """Loads the plug-in into memory, but does not yet install it.

            Will return None on success, otherwise a message (string) that says
            why the plug-in could not be loaded.

            """
            print 'Loading plug-in: %s at %s' % (self._name, self._path)

            assert os.path.exists(self._path)

            # Grab the Properties.py
            self._properties = PropertiesObject(self.serverSidePath('Properties.py'))
            if not self._properties['willRun']:
                return self._properties['willNotRunReason']

            # Update sys.path
            if not self._dir in sys.path:
                sys.path.append(self._dir)

            # Import the package
            self._module = __import__(self._name, globals(), [], [])

            # Inspect it and verify some required conventions
            if not hasattr(self._module, 'InstallInWebKit'):
                raise PlugInError, \
                    "Plug-in '%s' in '%s' has no InstallInWebKit() function." \
                    % (self._name, self._dir)

            # Give the module a pointer back to us
            setattr(self._module, 'plugIn', self)

            # Make a dubdirectory for it in the Cache directory:
            cacheDir = os.path.join(self._appServer.serverSidePath(),
                'Cache', self._name)
            if not os.path.exists(cacheDir):
                os.mkdir(cacheDir)

            self.setUpExamplePages()

        def setUpExamplePages(self):
            # Add a context for the examples
            app = self._appServer.application()
            if app.hasContext('Examples'):
                config = self._properties.get('WebKitConfig', {})
                self._examplePages = config.get('examplePages', None)
                if self._examplePages is not None:
                    examplesPath = self.serverSidePath('Examples')
                    assert os.path.exists(examplesPath), \
                        'Plug-in %s says it has example pages,' \
                        ' but there is no Examples/ subdir.' % self._name
                    ctxName = self._name + 'Examples'
                    if not app.hasContext(ctxName):
                        app.addContext(ctxName, examplesPath)
                    self._examplePagesContext = ctxName

        def hasExamplePages(self):
            return self._examplePages is not None

        def examplePagesContext(self):
            return self._examplePagesContext

        def examplePages(self):
            return self._examplePages

        def install(self):
            """Installs the plug-in by invoking it's required InstallInWebKit() function."""
            self._module.InstallInWebKit(self._appServer)

        ## Access ##

        def name(self):
            """Return the name of the plug-in. Example: 'Foo'"""
            return self._name

        def directory(self):
            """Return the directory in which the plug-in resides. Example: '..'"""
            return self._dir

        def path(self):
            """Return the full path of the plug-in. Example: '../Foo'"""
            return self._path

        def serverSidePath(self, path=None):
            if path:
                return os.path.normpath(os.path.join(self._path, path))
            else:
                return self._path

        def module(self):
            """Return the Python module object of the plug-in."""
            return self._module

        def properties(self):
            """Return the properties.

            This is a dictionary-like object, of the plug-in which comes
            from its Properties.py file. See MiscUtils.PropertiesObject.py.

            """
            return self._properties