# Description
This PR introduces lifecycle events to the plugin API.
For all plugin capabilities, you can define a `on_lifecycle_event`
function in the plugin that takes in a event enum and a small payload
for some generic information on the lifecycle event.
The idea is to keep the payload generic and small, and if you want to
get more information, you should invoke other more targeted APIs to get
more information.
For example, lets say you are keeping track of the the `ObjectAdded*`
event hook for model transformation, addition or deletion. The payload
would tell you the name of the model, and you should use a targeted API
such as `orca.host.plater().model()` to get more information on the
model. This is the overall design principle of the API.
Currently the lifecycle events are the following:
```cpp
enum class LifecycleEvent {
// Project (3mf)
NewProject,
ProjectOpened,
ProjectBeforeSave,
ProjectAfterSave,
ProjectClosed,
ProjectDirtyChanged,
// Slicing pipeline
SliceStarted,
SliceGeometryFinished,
GCodeExportStarted,
GCodeExportFinished,
SlicingJobComplete,
// Plate/model editing
ObjectAdded,
ObjectDeleted,
ObjectTransformed,
ObjectChanged,
ObjectRenamed,
PlateCreated,
PlateDeleted,
PlateSelected,
PlateRenamed,
// Preset
PresetSelected,
PresetSaved,
// Printer/device
PrintStateChanged,
DeviceOnlineChanged,
DeviceDiscovered,
DeviceSelected,
DeviceConnected,
DeviceDisconnected,
UploadStarted,
UploadFinished,
// Print/send jobs
PrintJobStarted,
PrintJobFinished,
SendJobStarted,
SendJobFinished,
};
```
This is an initial draft and lifecycle events can be included later on.
[orca_telegram_notifier_plugin_any.py](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/31220973/orca_telegram_notifier_plugin_any.py)
If you're familiar with telegram bots, after you install the telegram
bot, in the config of this plugin, you can enter the Bot ID and the Chat
ID with said bot.
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message on lifecycle event.
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Ian Chua
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