| Interface | Description |
|---|---|
| IIdentifiablePlugin |
This interface can optionally be implemented by plugins.
|
| IInitializablePlugin |
Defines the methods needed to initialize a plug-in implementation right
after its creation via its public no-argument constructor.
|
| PluginRegistration |
Implementations of this interface provide alias names with associated classes
that will be registered for dynamic instantiation.
|
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| BasePluginRegistration |
An abstract implementation of the PluginRegistration interface that can be
extended and filled with the relevant data by overriding the
BasePluginRegistration.initialize()
method. |
| ClassRegistry<T> |
A class registry is a container that keeps classes registered under a
logical key.
|
| LoggerProvider |
This is the central access point for the package's logger.
|
| PluginCollector<TType> |
The responsibility of this class is to detect all properties files with a
specific name on a given classpath and load the defined classes that fit to
a given class/interface into a class regitry.
|
| PluginLoader<TInterface> |
An abstract class that implements the generic logic to load a configured
implementation class for a specific interface through different variants
of loading mechanisms.
|
| PluginRegistry |
A special registry that is capable to hold any number of plug-ins of
any type.
|
| PluginUtil |
Provides helper methods around the PF plug-in mechanism.
|
| Exception | Description |
|---|---|
| ClassRegistryException |
A generic exception for all problems that occur within the class registry.
|