Interface PluginDescription

public interface PluginDescription

Represents metadata for a specific version of a plugin.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Pattern	ID_PATTERN	The pattern plugin IDs must match.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default List<String>	getAuthors()	Gets the authors of the Plugin within this container.
default Collection<PluginDependency>	getDependencies()	Gets a Collection of all dependencies of the Plugin within this container.
default Optional<PluginDependency>	getDependency(String id)
default Optional<String>	getDescription()	Gets the description of the Plugin within this container.
String	getId()	Gets the qualified ID of the Plugin within this container.
default Optional<String>	getName()	Gets the name of the Plugin within this container.
default Collection<String>	getProvidedIds()	Gets a Collection of the provided IDs of the Plugin within this container.
default Optional<Path>	getSource()	Returns the source the plugin was loaded from.
default Optional<String>	getUrl()	Gets the url or website of the Plugin within this container.
default Optional<String>	getVersion()	Gets the version of the Plugin within this container.

Field Details

ID_PATTERN

static final Pattern ID_PATTERN

The pattern plugin IDs must match. Plugin IDs may only contain alphanumeric characters, dashes or underscores, must start with an alphabetic character and cannot be longer than 64 characters.

Method Details

getId

String getId()

Gets the qualified ID of the Plugin within this container.

Returns:

the plugin ID

See Also:

• Plugin.id()

getName

default Optional<String> getName()

Gets the name of the Plugin within this container.

Returns:

an Optional with the plugin name, may be empty

See Also:

• Plugin.name()

getVersion

default Optional<String> getVersion()

Gets the version of the Plugin within this container.

Returns:

an Optional with the plugin version, may be empty

See Also:

• Plugin.version()

getDescription

default Optional<String> getDescription()

Gets the description of the Plugin within this container.

Returns:

an Optional with the plugin description, may be empty

See Also:

• Plugin.description()

getUrl

default Optional<String> getUrl()

Gets the url or website of the Plugin within this container.

Returns:

an Optional with the plugin url, may be empty

See Also:

• Plugin.url()

getAuthors

default List<String> getAuthors()

Gets the authors of the Plugin within this container.

Returns:

the plugin authors, may be empty

See Also:

• Plugin.authors()

getDependencies

default Collection<PluginDependency> getDependencies()

Gets a Collection of all dependencies of the Plugin within this container.

Returns:

the plugin dependencies, can be empty

See Also:

• Plugin.dependencies()

getDependency

default Optional<PluginDependency> getDependency(String id)

getProvidedIds

default Collection<String> getProvidedIds()

Gets a Collection of the provided IDs of the Plugin within this container.

Returns:

the provided plugins IDs, can be empty

See Also:

• Plugin.provides()

getSource

default Optional<Path> getSource()

Returns the source the plugin was loaded from.

Returns:

the source the plugin was loaded from or Optional.empty() if unknown