Use a more generic 'prefetch' method instead of isValid().

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/modinfo.h b/src/modinfo.h
index 37a2d24d..29e6124d 100644
--- a/src/modinfo.h
+++ b/src/modinfo.h
@@ -815,8 +815,20 @@ signals:
 
 protected:
 
+  /**
+   *
+   */
   ModInfo(PluginContainer *pluginContainer);
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Prefetch content for this mod.
+   *
+   * This method can be used to prefetch content from the mod, e.g., for isValid()
+   * or getContents(). This method will only be called when first creating the mod
+   * using multiple threads for all the mods.
+   */
+  virtual void prefetch() = 0;
+
   static void updateIndices();
   static bool ByName(const ModInfo::Ptr &LHS, const ModInfo::Ptr &RHS);