Every former plugin now adds a definition. This define can be checked in...

Every former plugin now adds a definition. This define can be checked in IOHandler. This is not the best solution, because turning a plugin on or off results in compilation of the whole meteoio.

meteoio/IOHandler.cc

@@ -77,14 +77,30 @@ namespace mio {
 void IOHandler::registerPlugins()
 {
 	//mapPlugins[io.ini KEY]= IOPlugin(library file name, class name, NULL, NULL);
+#ifdef PLUGIN_SMETIO
 	mapPlugins["SMET"]      = IOPlugin("SMETIO", NULL, &IOPlugin::createInstance<SMETIO>);
+#endif
+#ifdef PLUGIN_ARCIO
 	mapPlugins["ARC"]       = IOPlugin("ARCIO", NULL, &IOPlugin::createInstance<ARCIO>);
+#endif
+#ifdef PLUGIN_A3DIO
 	mapPlugins["A3D"]       = IOPlugin("A3DIO", NULL, &IOPlugin::createInstance<A3DIO>);
+#endif
+#ifdef PLUGIN_ARPSIO
 	mapPlugins["ARPS"]      = IOPlugin("ARPSIO", NULL, &IOPlugin::createInstance<ARPSIO>);
+#endif
+#ifdef PLUGIN_GRASSIO
 	mapPlugins["GRASS"]     = IOPlugin("GrassIO", NULL, &IOPlugin::createInstance<GrassIO>);
+#endif
+#ifdef PLUGIN_GEOTOPIO
 	mapPlugins["GEOTOP"]    = IOPlugin("GeotopIO", NULL, &IOPlugin::createInstance<GeotopIO>);
+#endif
+#ifdef PLUGIN_SNIO
 	mapPlugins["SNOWPACK"]  = IOPlugin("SNIO", NULL, &IOPlugin::createInstance<SNIO>);
+#endif
+#ifdef PLUGIN_PGMIO
 	mapPlugins["PGM"]       = IOPlugin("PGMIO", NULL, &IOPlugin::createInstance<PGMIO>);
+#endif
 #ifdef PLUGIN_IMISIO
 	mapPlugins["IMIS"]      = IOPlugin("ImisIO", NULL, &IOPlugin::createInstance<ImisIO>);
 #endif
@@ -150,7 +166,7 @@ IOInterface* IOHandler::getPlugin(const std::string& cfgkey, const std::string&
 
 	std::map<std::string, IOPlugin>::iterator mapit = mapPlugins.find(op_src);
 	if (mapit == mapPlugins.end())
-		throw IOException("Cannot find plugin " + op_src + " as requested in file " + cfg.getSourceName() + ". Has its developer declared it in IOHandler::registerPlugins?", AT);
+		throw IOException("Cannot find plugin " + op_src + " as requested in file " + cfg.getSourceName() + ". Has it been activated through ccmake? Is it registered in IOHandler::registerPlugins?", AT);
 	if ((mapit->second).io == NULL){
 		(mapit->second).io = (mapit->second).creator_func(cfg);
 	}

meteoio/plugins/CMakeLists.txt

 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/")
 
 IF(PLUGIN_SMETIO)
+	IF(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DPLUGIN_SMETIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
+	ELSE(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPLUGIN_SMETIO)
+	ENDIF(MSVC)
 	SET(plugins_sources ${plugins_sources} plugins/SMETIO.cc)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_SMETIO)
 
 IF(PLUGIN_ARCIO)
+	IF(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DPLUGIN_ARCIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
+	ELSE(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPLUGIN_ARCIO)
+	ENDIF(MSVC)
 	SET(plugins_sources ${plugins_sources} plugins/ARCIO.cc)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_ARCIO)
 
 IF(PLUGIN_A3DIO)
+	IF(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DPLUGIN_A3DIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
+	ELSE(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPLUGIN_A3DIO)
+	ENDIF(MSVC)
 	SET(plugins_sources ${plugins_sources} plugins/A3DIO.cc)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_A3DIO)
 
 IF(PLUGIN_ARPSIO)
+	IF(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DPLUGIN_ARPSIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
+	ELSE(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPLUGIN_ARPSIO)
+	ENDIF(MSVC)
 	SET(plugins_sources ${plugins_sources} plugins/ARPSIO.cc)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_ARPSIO)
 
@@ -21,9 +41,9 @@ IF(PLUGIN_BORMAIO)
 	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${LibXML++_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 	SET(plugin_libs ${plugin_libs} ${LibXML++_LIBRARIES})
 	IF(MSVC)
-		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DBORMAIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DPLUGIN_BORMAIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
 	ELSE(MSVC)
-		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DBORMAIO)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPLUGIN_BORMAIO)
 	ENDIF(MSVC)
 	SET(plugins_sources ${plugins_sources} plugins/BormaIO.cc)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_BORMAIO)
@@ -33,14 +53,19 @@ IF(PLUGIN_COSMOXMLIO)
 	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${LibXML++_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 	SET(plugin_libs ${plugin_libs} ${LibXML++_LIBRARIES})
 	IF(MSVC)
-		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DCOSMOXMLIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DPLUGIN_COSMOXMLIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
 	ELSE(MSVC)
-		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DCOSMOXMLIO)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPLUGIN_COSMOXMLIO)
 	ENDIF(MSVC)
 	SET(plugins_sources ${plugins_sources} plugins/CosmoXMLIO.cc)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_COSMOXMLIO)
 
 IF(PLUGIN_GRASSIO)
+	IF(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DPLUGIN_GRASSIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
+	ELSE(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPLUGIN_GRASSIO)
+	ENDIF(MSVC)
 	SET(plugins_sources ${plugins_sources} plugins/GrassIO.cc)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_GRASSIO)
 
@@ -57,6 +82,11 @@ IF(PLUGIN_GRIBIO)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_GRIBIO)
 
 IF(PLUGIN_GEOTOPIO)
+	IF(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DPLUGIN_GEOTOPIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
+	ELSE(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPLUGIN_GEOTOPIO)
+	ENDIF(MSVC)
 	SET(plugins_sources ${plugins_sources} plugins/GeotopIO.cc)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_GEOTOPIO)
 
@@ -101,6 +131,11 @@ IF(PLUGIN_IMISIO)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_IMISIO)
 
 IF(PLUGIN_PGMIO)
+	IF(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DPLUGIN_PGMIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
+	ELSE(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPLUGIN_PGMIO)
+	ENDIF(MSVC)
 	SET(plugins_sources ${plugins_sources} plugins/PGMIO.cc)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_PGMIO)
 
@@ -117,6 +152,11 @@ IF(PLUGIN_PNGIO)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_PNGIO)
 
 IF(PLUGIN_SNIO)
+	IF(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DPLUGIN_SNIO) #it looks like some VC++ versions don't support -D syntax
+	ELSE(MSVC)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPLUGIN_SNIO)
+	ENDIF(MSVC)
 	SET(plugins_sources ${plugins_sources} plugins/SNIO.cc)
 ENDIF(PLUGIN_SNIO)