org.outerj.daisy.plugin
Interface PluginRegistry

public interface PluginRegistry

The place where plugins are registered.

Method Summary

<T> void	addPlugin(Class<T> pluginType, String name, T plugin) Adds (registers) a plugin.
<T> void	removePlugin(Class<T> pluginType, String name, T plugin) Removes (unregisters) a plugin.
<T> void	setPluginUser(Class<T> pluginType, PluginUser<T> pluginUser) Sets the user for a specific type of plugins.
<T> void	unsetPluginUser(Class<T> pluginType, PluginUser<T> pluginUser)

Method Detail

addPlugin

<T> void addPlugin(Class<T> pluginType,
                   String name,
                   T plugin)

Adds (registers) a plugin.

Parameters:

pluginType - type of the plugin (usually an interface)

name - a unique name (within a certain plugin type) for this plugin

plugin - the actual plugin implementation

removePlugin

<T> void removePlugin(Class<T> pluginType,
                      String name,
                      T plugin)

Removes (unregisters) a plugin.

Plugins should only be removed by the components which register them.

setPluginUser

<T> void setPluginUser(Class<T> pluginType,
                       PluginUser<T> pluginUser)

Sets the user for a specific type of plugins.

There can be at most one user for each type of plugin.

Upon setting the plugin user, any plugins already available of that type are passed to the plugin user using PluginUser.pluginAdded(org.outerj.daisy.plugin.PluginHandle).

Parameters:

pluginType -

pluginUser -

unsetPluginUser

<T> void unsetPluginUser(Class<T> pluginType,
                         PluginUser<T> pluginUser)