org.java.plugin.boot
Interface PluginsCollector

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPluginsCollector

public interface PluginsCollector

Interface to encapsulate logic for gathering information about available plug-ins locations.

Version:

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Method Summary

java.util.Collection<PluginManager.PluginLocation>	collectPluginLocations()
void	configure(ExtendedProperties configuration) Configures this collector instance, this method will be called once before any other method call in this class.

Method Detail

configure

void configure(ExtendedProperties configuration)
               throws java.lang.Exception

Configures this collector instance, this method will be called once before any other method call in this class. There is no pre-defined configuration parameters, see concrete implementations for supported parameters.

Parameters:

configuration - application configuration data from boot.properties file and System properties as defaults

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if any error has occurred during collector configuring

collectPluginLocations

java.util.Collection<PluginManager.PluginLocation> collectPluginLocations()

Returns:

collection of all discovered plug-in locations