net.lecousin.framework.plugins

Interface CustomExtensionPoint

All Known Implementing Classes:

LocaleExtensionPoint

public interface CustomExtensionPoint

Custom extension point.
A normal extension point loads its plug-ins using the files META-INF/net.lecousin/plugins present in the class path.
A Custom extension point can specify another file name and a custom loading.
It may be used as a bootstrap class for a library, as it will be automatically instantiated when its library is loaded.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default String	getPluginConfigurationFilePath()
boolean	keepAfterInit() Return true if the instance of this extension point should be kept in memory.
default <T extends ClassLoader & ApplicationClassLoader> IAsync<Exception>	loadPluginConfiguration(IO.Readable io, T libraryClassLoader, IAsync<?>... startOn) Load configuration.
default void	printInfo(StringBuilder s) Print information about this extension point to the given StringBuilder.

Method Detail

getPluginConfigurationFilePath

default String getPluginConfigurationFilePath()

loadPluginConfiguration

default <T extends ClassLoader & ApplicationClassLoader> IAsync<Exception> loadPluginConfiguration(IO.Readable io,
                                                                                                   T libraryClassLoader,
                                                                                                   IAsync<?>... startOn)

Load configuration.

printInfo

default void printInfo(StringBuilder s)

Print information about this extension point to the given StringBuilder.

keepAfterInit

boolean keepAfterInit()

Return true if the instance of this extension point should be kept in memory.