org.java.plugin.registry
Interface PluginPrerequisite

All Superinterfaces:

Documentable<PluginPrerequisite>, Identity, PluginElement<PluginPrerequisite>, UniqueIdentity

All Known Implementing Classes:

MockPluginPrerequisite

public interface PluginPrerequisite
extends UniqueIdentity, PluginElement<PluginPrerequisite>

This interface abstracts inter plug-ins dependencies.

Plug-in prerequisite UID is a combination of declaring plug-in ID and prerequisite ID (may be auto-generated) that is unique within whole set of registered plug-ins.

Version:

$Id$

Method Summary

MatchingRule	getMatchingRule()
java.lang.String	getPluginId()
Version	getPluginVersion()
boolean	isExported()
boolean	isOptional()
boolean	isReverseLookup()
boolean	matches()

Methods inherited from interface org.java.plugin.registry.UniqueIdentity

getUniqueId

Methods inherited from interface org.java.plugin.registry.Identity

getId

Methods inherited from interface org.java.plugin.registry.PluginElement

getDeclaringPluginDescriptor, getDeclaringPluginFragment

Methods inherited from interface org.java.plugin.registry.Identity

getId

Methods inherited from interface org.java.plugin.registry.Documentable

getDocsPath, getDocumentation

Method Detail

getPluginId

java.lang.String getPluginId()

Returns:

ID of plug-in, this plug-in depends on

getPluginVersion

Version getPluginVersion()

Returns:

desired plug-in version identifier or null if not specified

isExported

boolean isExported()

Returns:

true if this prerequisite is propagated on depending plug-ins

isOptional

boolean isOptional()

Returns:

true if this prerequisite is not required

isReverseLookup

boolean isReverseLookup()

Returns:

true if this prerequisite allows reverse look up of classes in imported plug-in

matches

boolean matches()

Returns:

true if this prerequisite is fulfilled

getMatchingRule

MatchingRule getMatchingRule()

Returns:

the match rule as it specified in manifest