Pass deps to plugins directly. Should be used when a plugin must have a module to function.

client/src/modules/contentmanager.js

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export default class {
                 mainPath
             }
 
-            const content = await this.loadContent(paths, configs, readConfig.info, readConfig.main);
+            const content = await this.loadContent(paths, configs, readConfig.info, readConfig.main, readConfig.dependencies);
             if (reload) this.localContent[index] = content;
             else this.localContent.push(content);
             return content;

client/src/modules/pluginmanager.js

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default class extends ContentManager {
                         'message': `Dependency: ${key}:${value} is not loaded`
                     };
                 }
-                deps.push(extModule);
+                deps[key] = extModule.__require;
             }
         }
 

tests/plugins/Example/config.json

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     },
     "main": "index.js",
     "type": "plugin", 
+    "dependencies": {
+        "Example Module": "1.0" 
+    }, 
     "defaultConfig": [
         {
             "category_default_comment": "default category has no header and is always displayed first",

tests/plugins/Example/index.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module.exports = (Plugin, Api, Vendor) => {
+module.exports = (Plugin, Api, Vendor, Dependencies) => {
 
     const { $, moment, _ } = Vendor;
     const { Events, Logger } = Api;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = (Plugin, Api, Vendor) => {
                 console.log('Received internal setting update:', event);
             });
 
-            const exampleModule = new (Api.import('Example Module'));
+            const exampleModule = new Dependencies['Example Module'];
             Logger.log(`2+4=${exampleModule.add(2, 4)}`);
             return true;
         }