com.vividsolutions.jump.workbench.plugin

Class PlugInManager

java.lang.Object

com.vividsolutions.jump.workbench.plugin.PlugInManager

public class PlugInManager
extends java.lang.Object

Loads plug-ins (or more precisely, Extensions), and any JAR files that they depend on, from the plug-in directory.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PlugInManager(WorkbenchContext context, java.io.File plugInDirectory, TaskMonitor monitor)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.ClassLoader	getClassLoader() To access extension classes, use this ClassLoader rather than the default ClassLoader.
java.util.Collection	getConfigurations()
java.io.File	getPlugInDirectory()
void	load()
static java.lang.String	name(Configuration configuration)
static long	secondsSince(long i)
static java.lang.String	secondsSinceString(long i)
static java.lang.String	version(Configuration configuration)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PlugInManager

public PlugInManager(WorkbenchContext context,
             java.io.File plugInDirectory,
             TaskMonitor monitor)
              throws java.lang.Exception

Parameters:

plugInDirectory - null to leave unspecified

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

Method Detail

load

public void load()
          throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

secondsSince

public static long secondsSince(long i)

secondsSinceString

public static java.lang.String secondsSinceString(long i)

name

public static java.lang.String name(Configuration configuration)

version

public static java.lang.String version(Configuration configuration)

getConfigurations

public java.util.Collection getConfigurations()

getClassLoader

public java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()

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

getPlugInDirectory

public java.io.File getPlugInDirectory()

Returns:

possibly null