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public interface

PluginMetadataManager

com.atlassian.plugin.metadata.PluginMetadataManager
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

Provides information about plugins and modules that is application host specific. The information is not relevant to the plugins system but may be relevant to managing the plugins.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract boolean isOptional(ModuleDescriptor<?> moduleDescriptor)
This is used to determine if a module is considered optional.
abstract boolean isOptional(Plugin plugin)
This is used to determine if a plugin is considered optional.
abstract boolean isUserInstalled(Plugin plugin)
This is used to determine if the plugin was provided by the host application or provided by a user.

Public Methods

public abstract boolean isOptional (ModuleDescriptor<?> moduleDescriptor)

This is used to determine if a module is considered optional. If an optional module is disabled it should not adversely effect the host application. A module can not be optional if its containing plugin is not optional.

Parameters
moduleDescriptor used to determine state, not null.
Returns
  • true if the module can safely be disabled, false if the module being disabled would adversely effect the host application.

public abstract boolean isOptional (Plugin plugin)

This is used to determine if a plugin is considered optional. If an optional plugin is disabled it should not adversely effect the host application. If any ModuleDescriptor's are not optional then the plugin is also not optional.

Parameters
plugin used to determine the state, not null.
Returns
  • true if the plugin can safely be disabled, false if the plugin being disabled would adversely effect the host application.

public abstract boolean isUserInstalled (Plugin plugin)

This is used to determine if the plugin was provided by the host application or provided by a user.

Parameters
plugin used to determine the state, not null.
Returns
  • true if the plugin was not provided by the host application, false otherwise.