org.java.plugin.registry
Interface PluginFragment

All Superinterfaces:

Documentable<PluginFragment>, Identity, UniqueIdentity

All Known Implementing Classes:

MockPluginFragment

public interface PluginFragment
extends UniqueIdentity, Documentable<PluginFragment>

Interface to get access to main information about plug-in fragment. This does not include information about libraries, extensions and extension points, defined in this fragment, such information is available as part of plug-in, to which this fragment contributes.

Plug-in fragment UID is a combination of plug-in fragment ID and version identifier that is unique within whole set of registered plug-ins and fragments.

Version:

$Id$

Method Summary

java.net.URL	getLocation()
MatchingRule	getMatchingRule()
java.lang.String	getPluginId()
Version	getPluginVersion()
PluginRegistry	getRegistry()
java.lang.String	getVendor()
Version	getVersion()
boolean	matches(PluginDescriptor descr) Checks is this fragment may contribute to given plug-in.

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.Documentable

getDocsPath, getDocumentation

Method Detail

getVendor

java.lang.String getVendor()

Returns:

vendor as specified in manifest file or empty string

getVersion

Version getVersion()

Returns:

plug-in fragment version identifier as specified in manifest file

getPluginId

java.lang.String getPluginId()

Returns:

ID of plug-in to which this fragment may contribute

getPluginVersion

Version getPluginVersion()

Returns:

version identifier of plug-in to which this fragment may contribute or null if no version specified in manifest

getRegistry

PluginRegistry getRegistry()

Returns:

plug-ins registry

matches

boolean matches(PluginDescriptor descr)

Checks is this fragment may contribute to given plug-in.

Parameters:

descr - plug-in descriptor

Returns:

true if this fragment may contribute to given plug-in

getMatchingRule

MatchingRule getMatchingRule()

Returns:

the match rule as it specified in manifest

getLocation

java.net.URL getLocation()

Returns:

location from which this fragment was registered