Package com.atlassian.plugin.loaders

Interface PluginLoader

All Known Subinterfaces:

DiscardablePluginLoader, DynamicPluginLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

BundledPluginLoader, ClassPathPluginLoader, DirectoryPluginLoader, ForwardingPluginLoader, PermissionCheckingPluginLoader, RosterFilePluginLoader, ScanningPluginLoader, SinglePluginLoader

public interface PluginLoader

Handles loading and unloading plugin artifacts from a location

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ModuleDescriptor<?>	createModule(Plugin plugin, Element module, ModuleDescriptorFactory moduleDescriptorFactory)	If this loader is capable of loading a plugin of the type passed, attempt to create a module descriptor.
boolean	isDynamicPluginLoader()
Iterable<Plugin>	loadAllPlugins(ModuleDescriptorFactory moduleDescriptorFactory)	Loads all plugins that can be installed in the plugin system.
Iterable<Plugin>	loadFoundPlugins(ModuleDescriptorFactory moduleDescriptorFactory)	Load all newly found plugins that can be installed in the plugin system.
void	removePlugin(Plugin plugin)	Remove a specific plugin
boolean	supportsAddition()
boolean	supportsRemoval()

Method Details

loadAllPlugins

Iterable<Plugin> loadAllPlugins(ModuleDescriptorFactory moduleDescriptorFactory)

Loads all plugins that can be installed in the plugin system.

Parameters:

moduleDescriptorFactory - the factory for module descriptors

Returns:

the list of found plugins, may be empty

Throws:

PluginParseException - if any error occurred loading plugins

loadFoundPlugins

Iterable<Plugin> loadFoundPlugins(ModuleDescriptorFactory moduleDescriptorFactory)

Load all newly found plugins that can be installed in the plugin system. Only plugins not previously loaded will be added.

Parameters:

moduleDescriptorFactory - the factory for module descriptors

Returns:

a list of newly discovered plugins since the last time plugins were loaded

Throws:

PluginParseException - if any error occurred loading plugins

supportsAddition

boolean supportsAddition()

Returns:

true if this PluginLoader tracks whether or not plugins are added to it.

supportsRemoval

boolean supportsRemoval()

Returns:

true if this PluginLoader tracks whether or not plugins are removed from it.

removePlugin

void removePlugin(Plugin plugin)

Remove a specific plugin

isDynamicPluginLoader

boolean isDynamicPluginLoader()

Returns:

true if this plugin loader can load plugins dynamically

Since:

3.0

createModule

ModuleDescriptor<?> createModule(Plugin plugin,
 Element module,
 ModuleDescriptorFactory moduleDescriptorFactory)

If this loader is capable of loading a plugin of the type passed, attempt to create a module descriptor. Add that module descriptor to the plugin.

If capable, always return a ModuleDescriptor, even if it indicates a failure case. Caller is responsible for handling exceptional ModuleDescriptor.

Parameters:

plugin - that the module will be added to

module - to create

moduleDescriptorFactory - basic factory, may be overridden

Returns:

null if incapable of creating

Since:

7.5.0