Package org.jorigin.plugin

Class PluginToolkit

java.lang.Object

org.jorigin.plugin.PluginToolkit

public class PluginToolkit
extends java.lang.Object

This class is a toolkit used for helping plugin management. Using this class, user can scan and load a list of plugins related to a given package (setPluginPackage(String)) from given locations on the system (addPluginDir(String), addPluginDir(File)). The plugin loading is launched via the loadPlugins() method.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Julien Seinturier - (c) 2009 - JOrigin project - http:/www.jorigin.org

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected javax.swing.event.EventListenerList	idListenerList

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PluginToolkit()	Constuct a new default plugin toolkit.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	addPluginDir(java.io.File pluginDir)	Add a new path in the plugin search path.
boolean	addPluginDir(java.lang.String pluginDir)	Add a new path in the plugin search path.
void	addPluginToolkitListener(PluginToolkitListener l)	Add a Plugin Toolkit Listener to this plugin toolkit
protected void	fireEvent(PluginToolkitEvent e)	Fire a new plugin toolkit event to all registered listeners
java.util.ArrayList<IPlugin>	loadPlugins()	Load all plugins available in the locations given to the toolkit.
boolean	removePluginDir(java.io.File pluginDir)	Remove the given path from the plugin search path list.
boolean	removePluginDir(java.lang.String pluginDir)	Remove the given path from the plugin search path list.
void	removePluginToolkitListener(PluginToolkitListener l)	Remove a Plugin Toolkit Listener from this plugin toolkit
void	setPluginPackage(java.lang.String pluginPackage)	Set the core package of the plugins.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

idListenerList

protected javax.swing.event.EventListenerList idListenerList

Constructor Detail

PluginToolkit

public PluginToolkit()

Constuct a new default plugin toolkit.

Method Detail

addPluginDir

public boolean addPluginDir(java.lang.String pluginDir)

Add a new path in the plugin search path.

Parameters:

pluginDir - the path to insert in the plugin search list.

Returns:

boolean true if the plugin search dir is added, false otherwise.

addPluginDir

public boolean addPluginDir(java.io.File pluginDir)

Add a new path in the plugin search path.

Parameters:

pluginDir - the path to insert in the plugin search list.

Returns:

boolean true if the plugin search dir is added, false otherwise.

removePluginDir

public boolean removePluginDir(java.lang.String pluginDir)

Remove the given path from the plugin search path list.

Parameters:

pluginDir - the plugin directory to remove.

Returns:

true if the directory is succesfully removed, false otherwise.

removePluginDir

public boolean removePluginDir(java.io.File pluginDir)

Remove the given path from the plugin search path list.

Parameters:

pluginDir - the plugin directory to remove.

Returns:

true if the directory is succesfully removed, false otherwise.

setPluginPackage

public void setPluginPackage(java.lang.String pluginPackage)

Set the core package of the plugins.

Parameters:

pluginPackage - the core package of the plugins

addPluginToolkitListener

public void addPluginToolkitListener(PluginToolkitListener l)

Add a Plugin Toolkit Listener to this plugin toolkit

Parameters:

l - the listener to add to the toolkit

See Also:

fireEvent(PluginToolkitEvent), removePluginToolkitListener(PluginToolkitListener)

removePluginToolkitListener

public void removePluginToolkitListener(PluginToolkitListener l)

Remove a Plugin Toolkit Listener from this plugin toolkit

Parameters:

l - the listener to remove

See Also:

addPluginToolkitListener(PluginToolkitListener), fireEvent(PluginToolkitEvent)

fireEvent

protected void fireEvent(PluginToolkitEvent e)

Fire a new plugin toolkit event to all registered listeners

Parameters:

e - the event to fire.

See Also:

addPluginToolkitListener(PluginToolkitListener), removePluginToolkitListener(PluginToolkitListener)

loadPlugins

public java.util.ArrayList<IPlugin> loadPlugins()

Load all plugins available in the locations given to the toolkit. This method scan the available locations and looks for plugins with given package name. When available plugins are detected, the method instanciate them and store the instanciated plugins in the returned list.

Returns:

ArrayList<IPlugin> the plugins availables and instanciated.

See Also:

addPluginDir(String), addPluginDir(File), removePluginDir(String), removePluginDir(File)