The previous approach added a getEvents() virtual to LogosProviderObject,
which inserted a new vtable slot and shifted every later slot — an ABI
break that would misdispatch virtual calls whenever an old and new
host/module were mixed across the in-process plugin boundary.
Instead, report events INSIDE the existing getMethods() call: it now
returns the module's whole interface, with each entry tagged
type "method" or "event" (events omit returnType/isInvokable). The
provider vtable is therefore byte-for-byte unchanged, so old/new hosts
and modules stay binary-compatible — a new host reading an old module
sees no event entries (zero events), and an old host reading a new
module just ignores the "type" field (cosmetic). An entry with no
"type" is treated as a method.
- logos_provider_object.h: remove the getEvents() virtual; document that
getMethods() carries both, and why.
- generator (lidl_gen_provider): emit events as type "event" entries
inside getMethods(); tag methods type "method"; no getEvents() output.
- module_proxy / qt_provider_object: getPluginMethods()/getPluginEvents()
are now type-filtered views of getMethods(), plus a new
getPluginInterface() returning the whole list. (These are name-
dispatched Q_INVOKABLEs, not vtable surface — adding them is safe.)
- tests: generator asserts events fold into getMethods() tagged "event";
ModuleProxy asserts the three filtered views; parser tests unchanged.
- docs: spec/project/docs/README updated, incl. an ABI rationale note.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
