From dd5904c27324ca23718e3bf5efffd05078978a86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Lerking <jan.lerking@alfalaval.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:46:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] 0.2.1 Updated to include keyword arguments in run() method.
 /JL

---
 example.py                               |  2 +-
 plugins/example_plugin/example_plugin.py | 17 +++++++++++++----
 setup.py                                 |  2 +-
 xtendr/xtendrbase.py                     |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/example.py b/example.py
index f34bfde..ce3ed26 100644
--- a/example.py
+++ b/example.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     """
     system = XtendRSystem()
     system.attach("example_plugin")  # Assuming 'example_plugin/plugin_info.json' exists
-    system.run("example_plugin", "Hello!")
+    system.run("example_plugin", test="Hello!")
     system.stop("example_plugin")
     system.run("example_plugin", 25)
     system.stop("example_plugin")
diff --git a/plugins/example_plugin/example_plugin.py b/plugins/example_plugin/example_plugin.py
index 516abd7..0dbef91 100644
--- a/plugins/example_plugin/example_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/example_plugin/example_plugin.py
@@ -13,10 +13,19 @@ class ExamplePlugin(XtendRBase):
     >>> plugin.stop()
     ExamplePlugin has stopped!
     """
-    def run(self, *args):
-        print(f"Passed arguments {len(args)}:")
-        for idx, a in enumerate(args):
-            print(f"Argument {idx}: {a}")
+    def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        arglen = len(args)
+        keylen = len(kwargs)
+        if arglen > 0:
+            print(f"Passed arguments {arglen}:")
+            for idx, a in enumerate(args):
+                print(f"Argument {idx}: {a}")
+        if keylen > 0:
+            print(f"Keyword arguments passed {keylen}")
+            if not "test" in kwargs:
+                raise ValueError("Didn't get expected 'test' keyword!")
+            for kw in kwargs:
+                print(f"Argument {kw}: {kwargs[kw]}")
 
         print("ExamplePlugin is running!")
     
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4e0294c..302cc2b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     
     setup(
         name="XtendR",
-        version="0.2.0",
+        version="0.2.1",
         packages=find_packages(),
         install_requires=[],
         author="Jan Lerking",
diff --git a/xtendr/xtendrbase.py b/xtendr/xtendrbase.py
index e7f2e30..d5c9234 100644
--- a/xtendr/xtendrbase.py
+++ b/xtendr/xtendrbase.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class XtendRBase(ABC):
     Stopping TestPlugin
     """
     @abstractmethod
-    def run(self, *args):
+    def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
         pass
     
     @abstractmethod