Method scanPlugin

Server/Source/Server.cpp:535–690

}

bool Server::scanPlugin(const String& id, const String& format, int srvId, bool secondRun) {
    std::unique_ptr<AudioPluginFormat> fmt;
    if (!format.compare("VST")) {
#if JUCE_PLUGINHOST_VST
        fmt = std::make_unique<VSTPluginFormat>();
#else
        return false;
#endif
    } else if (!format.compare("VST3")) {
        fmt = std::make_unique<VST3PluginFormat>();
#if JUCE_MAC
    } else if (!format.compare("AudioUnit")) {
        fmt = std::make_unique<AudioUnitPluginFormat>();
#endif
    } else {
        return false;
    }

    setLogTagStatic("server");
    logln("scanning id=" << id << " fmt=" << format << " srvId=" << srvId);

    KnownPluginList plist, newlist;
    json playouts;
    loadKnownPluginList(plist, playouts, srvId);

    File crashFile(Defaults::getConfigFileName(Defaults::ConfigDeadMan, {{"id", String(srvId)}}));
    File errFile(Defaults::getConfigFileName(Defaults::ScanError, {{"id", String(srvId)}}));
    File errFileLayout(Defaults::getConfigFileName(Defaults::ScanLayoutError, {{"id", String(srvId)}}));

    if (crashFile.existsAsFile()) {
        crashFile.deleteFile();
    }

    if (errFileLayout.existsAsFile()) {
        errFileLayout.deleteFile();
    }

    errFile.create();

    logln("starting scan...");

    int retries = 4;
    bool success = false;
    String name;

    do {
        PluginDirectoryScanner scanner(newlist, *fmt, {}, true, crashFile);
        scanner.setFilesOrIdentifiersToScan({id});
        scanner.scanNextFile(true, name);

        if (scanner.getFailedFiles().isEmpty()) {
            success = true;
        } else {
            if (retries == 0) {
                for (auto& f : scanner.getFailedFiles()) {
                    plist.addToBlacklist(f);
                }
            }