com.atlassian.plugin.loaders
Interface PluginLoader

All Known Subinterfaces:

DynamicPluginLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

BundledPluginLoader, ClassPathPluginLoader, DirectoryPluginLoader, ScanningPluginLoader, SinglePluginLoader

public interface PluginLoader

Handles loading and unloading plugin artifacts from a location

Method Summary

Collection<Plugin>	addFoundPlugins(ModuleDescriptorFactory moduleDescriptorFactory)
Collection<Plugin>	loadAllPlugins(ModuleDescriptorFactory moduleDescriptorFactory)
void	removePlugin(Plugin plugin) Remove a specific plugin
boolean	supportsAddition()
boolean	supportsRemoval()

Method Detail

loadAllPlugins

Collection<Plugin> loadAllPlugins(ModuleDescriptorFactory moduleDescriptorFactory)
                                  throws PluginParseException

Throws:

PluginParseException

addFoundPlugins

Collection<Plugin> addFoundPlugins(ModuleDescriptorFactory moduleDescriptorFactory)
                                   throws PluginParseException

Returns:

a collection of discovered plugins which have now been loaded by this PluginLoader

Throws:

PluginParseException

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)
                  throws PluginException

Remove a specific plugin

Throws:

PluginException