Deprecate Addon::DIRECTORY in favor of AddonHelper::getAddonPath()

src/Core/Addon.php

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ class Addon
 {
 	/**
 	 * The addon sub-directory
+	 *
+	 * @deprecated 2025.02 Use `Friendica\Core\Addon\AddonHelper::getAddonPath()` instead
+	 *
 	 * @var string
 	 */
 	const DIRECTORY = 'addon';

src/Core/Addon/AddonHelper.php

@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ namespace Friendica\Core\Addon;
  */
 interface AddonHelper
 {
+	/**
+	 * Returns the absolute path to the addon folder
+	 *
+	 * e.g. `/var/www/html/addon`
+	 */
+	public function getAddonPath(): string;
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the list of available addons with their current status and info.
 	 * This list is made from scanning the addon/ folder.

src/Core/Addon/AddonProxy.php

@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@ use Friendica\Core\Addon;
  */
 final class AddonProxy implements AddonHelper
 {
+	private string $addonPath;
+
+	public function __construct(string $addonPath)
+	{
+		$this->addonPath = $addonPath;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the absolute path to the addon folder
+	 *
+	 * e.g. `/var/www/html/addon`
+	 */
+	public function getAddonPath(): string
+	{
+		return $this->addonPath;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the list of available addons with their current status and info.
 	 * This list is made from scanning the addon/ folder.

static/dependencies.config.php

@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ return (function(string $basepath, array $getVars, array $serverVars, array $coo
 		],
 		\Friendica\Core\Addon\AddonHelper::class => [
 			'instanceOf' => \Friendica\Core\Addon\AddonProxy::class,
+			'constructParams' => [
+				$basepath . '/addon',
+			],
 		],
 		\Friendica\Util\BasePath::class => [
 			'constructParams' => [