Constructor Detail

• PluginManager

  public PluginManager​(String xmlName,
                       String mainTag,
                       String pluginTag)

  Simple constructor.

  Parameters:

  xmlName - The name of XML file that contains plugin configuration.

  mainTag - The main tag in the XML configuration file.

  pluginTag - The tag that corresponds to a single plugin kind. Specifies the plugin kind that will be located in getAvailablePlugins(boolean).

Method Detail

• getPluginClass

  protected String getPluginClass​(URL pluginUrl)

• getPlugin

  protected Object getPlugin​(URL pluginUrl)
                      throws Exception

  Throws:

  Exception

• getAvailablePlugins

  public Set getAvailablePlugins()

  Returns a collection of all available plugins.

  Returns:

  Collection of all available plugins. The classpath is scanned only once.

  See Also:

  getAvailablePlugins(boolean)

• getAvailablePlugins

  public Set getAvailablePlugins​(boolean toReload)

  Returns a collection of all available plugins. The parameter specifies whether the classpath should be rescanned or whether to return the already found plugins (after first-time scan).

  Parameters:

  toReload - If true, the classpath is scanned for available plugins every time this function is called. If false, the classpath scan is performed only once. The consecutive calls return the cached result.

  Returns:

  Collection of all available plugins.