From f72eef2b95fa463e525ddc824f0f0c30aa22a73f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thorsten Sommer <mail@tsommer.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:26:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Refactored DEPRECATION_MESSAGE to use an empty string when
 not needed

---
 .../de-de-43065dbc-78d0-45b7-92be-f14c2926e2dc/plugin.lua | 4 +++-
 .../en-us-97dfb1ba-50c4-4440-8dfa-6575daf543c8/plugin.lua | 2 +-
 .../Tools/PluginSystem/IPluginMetadata.cs                 | 2 +-
 app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginBase.cs   | 8 ++++----
 .../Tools/PluginSystem/PluginMetadata.cs                  | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/languages/de-de-43065dbc-78d0-45b7-92be-f14c2926e2dc/plugin.lua b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/languages/de-de-43065dbc-78d0-45b7-92be-f14c2926e2dc/plugin.lua
index 4801b782..dfcd508d 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/languages/de-de-43065dbc-78d0-45b7-92be-f14c2926e2dc/plugin.lua	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/languages/de-de-43065dbc-78d0-45b7-92be-f14c2926e2dc/plugin.lua	
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require("contentHome")
+
 -- The ID for this plugin:
 ID = "43065dbc-78d0-45b7-92be-f14c2926e2dc"
 
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ TARGET_GROUPS = { "EVERYONE" }
 IS_MAINTAINED = true
 
 -- When the plugin is deprecated, this message will be shown to users:
-DEPRECATION_MESSAGE = nil
+DEPRECATION_MESSAGE = ""
 
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT = {
     HOME = CONTENT_HOME,
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/languages/en-us-97dfb1ba-50c4-4440-8dfa-6575daf543c8/plugin.lua b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/languages/en-us-97dfb1ba-50c4-4440-8dfa-6575daf543c8/plugin.lua
index 6e2fea50..5ee75589 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/languages/en-us-97dfb1ba-50c4-4440-8dfa-6575daf543c8/plugin.lua	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/languages/en-us-97dfb1ba-50c4-4440-8dfa-6575daf543c8/plugin.lua	
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ TARGET_GROUPS = { "EVERYONE" }
 IS_MAINTAINED = true
 
 -- When the plugin is deprecated, this message will be shown to users:
-DEPRECATION_MESSAGE = nil
+DEPRECATION_MESSAGE = ""
 
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT = {
     HOME = CONTENT_HOME,
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/IPluginMetadata.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/IPluginMetadata.cs
index 28e77b8b..77bc7ea7 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/IPluginMetadata.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/IPluginMetadata.cs	
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ public interface IPluginMetadata
     /// <summary>
     /// The message that should be displayed when the plugin is deprecated.
     /// </summary>
-    public string? DeprecationMessage { get; }
+    public string DeprecationMessage { get; }
 }
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diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginBase.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginBase.cs
index 060e7cce..39ac9aec 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginBase.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginBase.cs	
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public abstract class PluginBase : IPluginMetadata
     public bool IsMaintained { get; }
     
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public string? DeprecationMessage { get; }
+    public string DeprecationMessage { get; } = string.Empty;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// The issues that occurred during the initialization of this plugin.
@@ -418,12 +418,12 @@ public abstract class PluginBase : IPluginMetadata
     /// <param name="message">The error message, when the deprecation message could not be read.</param>
     /// <param name="deprecationMessage">The read deprecation message.</param>
     /// <returns>True, when the deprecation message could be read successfully.</returns>
-    private bool TryInitDeprecationMessage(out string message, out string? deprecationMessage)
+    private bool TryInitDeprecationMessage(out string message, out string deprecationMessage)
     {
         if (!this.state.Environment["DEPRECATION_MESSAGE"].TryRead(out deprecationMessage))
         {
-            deprecationMessage = null;
-            message = "The field DEPRECATION_MESSAGE does not exist, is not a valid string. This field is optional: use nil to indicate that the plugin is not deprecated.";
+            deprecationMessage = string.Empty;
+            message = "The field DEPRECATION_MESSAGE does not exist, is not a valid string. This message is optional: use an empty string to indicate that the plugin is not deprecated.";
             return false;
         }
         
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginMetadata.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginMetadata.cs
index 0e8980bb..06419c21 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginMetadata.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginMetadata.cs	
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public sealed class PluginMetadata(PluginBase plugin) : IPluginMetadata
     public bool IsMaintained { get; } = plugin.IsMaintained;
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public string? DeprecationMessage { get; } = plugin.DeprecationMessage;
+    public string DeprecationMessage { get; } = plugin.DeprecationMessage;
 
     #endregion
 }
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