cfa.vo.iris.sdk
Class PluginManager

java.lang.Object
  cfa.vo.iris.sdk.AbstractIrisComponent
      cfa.vo.iris.sdk.PluginManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

IrisComponent

public class PluginManager
extends AbstractIrisComponent

Author:

olaurino

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class cfa.vo.iris.sdk.AbstractIrisComponent

app, workspace

Constructor Summary

PluginManager()

Method Summary

String	getDescription() Get e description for this component.
List<IMenuItem>	getMenus() The component can contribute menu items and desktop buttons to the enclosing GUI applications by providing a list of MenuItems.
String	getName() Return the name of this component.
List<PluginJar>	getPluginJars()
void	init(IrisApplication app, IWorkspace workspace) This method is invoked to initialize the component.
void	load()
void	loadJar(String path)
void	loadJar(URL url)
void	unloadJar(PluginJar jar)

Methods inherited from class cfa.vo.iris.sdk.AbstractIrisComponent

getCli, getSampHandlers, initCli, shutdown

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PluginManager

public PluginManager()

Method Detail

getPluginJars

public List<PluginJar> getPluginJars()

init

public void init(IrisApplication app,
                 IWorkspace workspace)

Description copied from interface: IrisComponent

This method is invoked to initialize the component. If the component has to launch windows, frames or background services, this is the right method to do so. Otherwise the component will be called only if a callback is invoked.

Specified by:

init in interface IrisComponent

Overrides:

init in class AbstractIrisComponent

Parameters:

app - A reference to the running application

workspace - A reference to the application's workspace

load

public void load()

getMenus

public List<IMenuItem> getMenus()

Description copied from interface: IrisComponent

The component can contribute menu items and desktop buttons to the enclosing GUI applications by providing a list of MenuItems.

Returns:

A list of the menu items this component will contribute to the application.

loadJar

public void loadJar(String path)

loadJar

public void loadJar(URL url)

unloadJar

public void unloadJar(PluginJar jar)

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: IrisComponent

Return the name of this component. This name might be listed in a widget along with the other registered components.

Returns:

The component's name as a String.

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Description copied from interface: IrisComponent

Get e description for this component. The description might be listed in a widget along with the other registered components.

Returns:

The component's description as a String.