org.springframework.plugin.metadata

Class AbstractMetadataBasedPlugin

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.plugin.metadata.AbstractMetadataBasedPlugin

All Implemented Interfaces:

Plugin<PluginMetadata>, MetadataProvider

public abstract class AbstractMetadataBasedPlugin
extends java.lang.Object
implements Plugin<PluginMetadata>, MetadataProvider

Abstract base class for plugins based on PluginMetadata. Plugins based on this class can be selected from the PluginRegistry via an instance of PluginMetadata. Therefore you can regard this as a role model implementation of a base class for certain delimiter implmentations.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private PluginMetadata	metadata

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractMetadataBasedPlugin(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String version) Creates a new instance of AbstractMetadataBasedPlugin.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PluginMetadata	getMetadata() Returns the plugins metadata.
boolean	supports(PluginMetadata delimiter) Returns if a plugin should be invoked according to the given delimiter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

metadata

private final PluginMetadata metadata

Constructor Detail

AbstractMetadataBasedPlugin

public AbstractMetadataBasedPlugin(java.lang.String name,
                                   java.lang.String version)

Creates a new instance of AbstractMetadataBasedPlugin.

Parameters:

name - must not be null.

version - must not be null.

Method Detail

supports

public boolean supports(PluginMetadata delimiter)

Description copied from interface: Plugin

Returns if a plugin should be invoked according to the given delimiter.

Specified by:

supports in interface Plugin<PluginMetadata>

Returns:

if the plugin should be invoked

getMetadata

public PluginMetadata getMetadata()

Description copied from interface: MetadataProvider

Returns the plugins metadata.

Specified by:

getMetadata in interface MetadataProvider

Returns:

the plugins metadata