def reload_plugins(prefix = None):
"""
Reload all plugins or the plugins matching the given prefix.
:param prefix: Plugin prefix
:return: (bool) True on success
:since: v0.2.00
"""
# pylint: disable=broad-except, no-member
_return = True
for package in Manager._plugins:
if (prefix is None or package.startswith("{0}.".format(prefix))):
modules = (Manager._plugins[package].copy()
if (hasattr(Manager._plugins[package], "copy")) else
copy(Manager._plugins[package])
)
if (_mode == _MODE_IMPORT_MODULE
and hasattr(importlib, "invalidate_caches")
): importlib.invalidate_caches()
for module_name in modules:
try:
module = NamedLoader._get_module(module_name)
if (module is not None and hasattr(module, "unregister_plugin")): module.unregister_plugin()
try: reload(module)
except Exception: Manager._plugins[package].remove(module_name)
if (module is not None and hasattr(module, "on_plugin_reloaded")): module.on_plugin_reloaded()
except Exception as handled_exception:
if (Manager._log_handler is not None): Manager._log_handler.error(handled_exception, context = "pas_plugins")
_return = False
#
#
package_prefix = (package[:package.rindex(".")] if (prefix is None) else prefix)
package_plugin = package[1 + package.rindex("."):]
Manager.load_plugin(package_plugin, package_prefix)
#
#
return _return
