Class PlugInManager

java.lang.Object
com.vividsolutions.jump.workbench.plugin.PlugInManager
public class PlugInManager extends Object
Loads plug-ins (or more precisely, Extensions), and any JAR files that they depend on, from the plug-in directory.

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • setLimitExtensionLookup

      public void setLimitExtensionLookup(boolean limitExtensionLookup)

    • addExtensionsFolder

      public void addExtensionsFolder(File dir)
      add an extensions folder - adds folder root to classpath - adds all contained jars to classpath - looks for extensions in jars only in folder root (to speedup start) - looks for extensions in any jar file and as class files recursively if limit-ext-lookup is 'false'
      Parameters:
      dir -

    • addJarsFolder

      public void addJarsFolder(File dir)
      add all jar files in a folder recursively to classpath
      Parameters:
      dir -

    • findFileOrFolderInExtensionDirs

      public File findFileOrFolderInExtensionDirs(String fileOrFolder)
      search extension directories in the order they were added for a given file or folder return first found or null if none exists
      Parameters:
      fileOrFolder -
      Returns:
      file object or null

    • load

      public void load() throws Exception
      Throws:
      Exception

    • name

      public static String name(Configuration configuration)

    • version

      public static String version(Configuration configuration)

    • message

      public static String message(Configuration configuration)

    • getConfigurations

      public Collection<Configuration> getConfigurations()

    • getClassLoader

      public ClassLoader getClassLoader()
      Deprecated.
      use getPlugInClassLoader() instead
      To access extension classes, use this ClassLoader rather than the default ClassLoader. Extension classes will not be present in the latter.

    • getPlugInClassLoader

      public PlugInClassLoader getPlugInClassLoader()
      To access extension classes, use this ClassLoader rather than the default ClassLoader. Extension classes will not be present in the latter.

    • getExtensionDirs

      public List<File> getExtensionDirs()
      fetch a list of folders holding extension jars that were added during start

    • getPlugInDirectory

      @Deprecated public File getPlugInDirectory()
      Deprecated.
      use getExtensionDirs()
      get extension folder, cloned to prevent modification
      Returns:
      possibly null