com.atlassian.sal.api.upgrade
Interface PluginUpgradeTask

public interface PluginUpgradeTask

A task that needs to be executed to upgrade the existing data

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Collection<Message>	doUpgrade() Perform the upgrade task.
int	getBuildNumber()
String	getPluginKey()
String	getShortDescription()

Method Detail

getBuildNumber

int getBuildNumber()

Returns:

The new build number that this upgrade will upgrade to Build number is specified in atlassian-plugin.xml inside element. eg: <param name="build">1</param>

getShortDescription

String getShortDescription()

Returns:

A short (<50 chars) description of the upgrade action

doUpgrade

Collection<Message> doUpgrade()
                              throws Exception

Perform the upgrade task. An exception should be thrown if the upgrade fails and cannot be recovered from. A collection of error or warning messages should be returned if there a problems with the upgrade that are not severe enough to halt the execution of the entire upgrade process. An exception should be thrown if the upgrade process cannot continue.

Returns:

a collection of warnings about the upgrade

Throws:

Exception - if the upgrade fails

getPluginKey

String getPluginKey()

Returns:

key of the plugin that this upgrade task applies to. Find the key as an attribute of top level element in atlassian-plugin.xml