org.scijava.plugin
Interface PluginService

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Prioritized>, Contextual, Disposable, HasPluginInfo, Prioritized, RichPlugin, SciJavaPlugin, SciJavaService, Service

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPluginService

public interface PluginService
extends SciJavaService

Interface for service that keeps track of available plugins.

The plugin service keeps a master index of all plugins known to the system. At heart, a plugin is a piece of functionality that extends a program's capabilities. Plugins take many forms; see SciJavaPlugin for details.

The default plugin service discovers available plugins on the classpath.

Author:

Curtis Rueden

See Also:

SciJavaPlugin

Method Summary

void	addPlugin(PluginInfo<?> plugin) Manually registers a plugin with the plugin service.
<T extends PluginInfo<?>> void	addPlugins(Collection<T> plugins) Manually registers plugins with the plugin service.
<PT extends SciJavaPlugin> PT	createInstance(PluginInfo<PT> info) Creates an instance of the given plugin.
<PT extends SciJavaPlugin> List<PT>	createInstances(List<PluginInfo<PT>> infos) Creates an instance of each of the plugins on the given list.
<PT extends SciJavaPlugin> List<PT>	createInstancesOfType(Class<PT> type) Creates one instance each of the available plugins of the given type.
PluginIndex	getIndex() Gets the index of available plugins.
<P extends SciJavaPlugin> PluginInfo<SciJavaPlugin>	getPlugin(Class<P> pluginClass) Gets the first available plugin of the given class, or null if none.
<PT extends SciJavaPlugin,P extends PT> PluginInfo<PT>	getPlugin(Class<P> pluginClass, Class<PT> type) Gets the first available plugin of the given class, or null if none.
PluginInfo<SciJavaPlugin>	getPlugin(String className) Gets the first available plugin of the given class name, or null if none.
List<PluginInfo<?>>	getPlugins() Gets the list of known plugins.
<P extends SciJavaPlugin> List<PluginInfo<SciJavaPlugin>>	getPluginsOfClass(Class<P> pluginClass) Gets the list of plugins of the given class.
<PT extends SciJavaPlugin,P extends PT> List<PluginInfo<PT>>	getPluginsOfClass(Class<P> pluginClass, Class<PT> type) Gets the list of plugins of the given class.
List<PluginInfo<SciJavaPlugin>>	getPluginsOfClass(String className) Gets the list of plugins with the given class name.
<PT extends SciJavaPlugin> List<PluginInfo<SciJavaPlugin>>	getPluginsOfClass(String className, Class<PT> type) Gets the list of plugins with the given class name.
<PT extends SciJavaPlugin> List<PluginInfo<PT>>	getPluginsOfType(Class<PT> type) Gets the list of plugins of the given type (e.g., Service).
void	reloadPlugins() Rediscovers all plugins available on the classpath.
void	removePlugin(PluginInfo<?> plugin) Manually unregisters a plugin with the plugin service.
<T extends PluginInfo<?>> void	removePlugins(Collection<T> plugins) Manually unregisters plugins with the plugin service.

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.service.Service

initialize, registerEventHandlers

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Contextual

context, getContext, setContext

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Prioritized

getPriority, setPriority

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.HasPluginInfo

getInfo, setInfo

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Disposable

dispose

Method Detail

getIndex

PluginIndex getIndex()

Gets the index of available plugins.

reloadPlugins

void reloadPlugins()

Rediscovers all plugins available on the classpath. Note that this will clear any individual plugins added programmatically.

addPlugin

void addPlugin(PluginInfo<?> plugin)

Manually registers a plugin with the plugin service.

addPlugins

<T extends PluginInfo<?>> void addPlugins(Collection<T> plugins)

Manually registers plugins with the plugin service.

removePlugin

void removePlugin(PluginInfo<?> plugin)

Manually unregisters a plugin with the plugin service.

removePlugins

<T extends PluginInfo<?>> void removePlugins(Collection<T> plugins)

Manually unregisters plugins with the plugin service.

getPlugins

List<PluginInfo<?>> getPlugins()

Gets the list of known plugins.

getPlugin

<P extends SciJavaPlugin> PluginInfo<SciJavaPlugin> getPlugin(Class<P> pluginClass)

Gets the first available plugin of the given class, or null if none.

Type Parameters:

P - The class of the plugin to look up.

getPlugin

<PT extends SciJavaPlugin,P extends PT> PluginInfo<PT> getPlugin(Class<P> pluginClass,
                                                                 Class<PT> type)

Gets the first available plugin of the given class, or null if none.

Type Parameters:

PT - The type of the plugin to look up; e.g., Service.class.

P - The class of the plugin to look up.

getPlugin

PluginInfo<SciJavaPlugin> getPlugin(String className)

Gets the first available plugin of the given class name, or null if none.

getPluginsOfType

<PT extends SciJavaPlugin> List<PluginInfo<PT>> getPluginsOfType(Class<PT> type)

Gets the list of plugins of the given type (e.g., Service).

Type Parameters:

PT - The type of plugins to look up; e.g., Service.class.

getPluginsOfClass

<P extends SciJavaPlugin> List<PluginInfo<SciJavaPlugin>> getPluginsOfClass(Class<P> pluginClass)

Gets the list of plugins of the given class.

Most classes will have only a single match, but some special classes (such as ImageJ's LegacyCommand) may match many entries.

Note that this method will result in PluginInfos with matching class names to load their plugin Classes so that they can be compared with the given one.

NB: Classes are matched by strict equality, not assignability; subtypes of the specified class will not match. For this behavior, use getPluginsOfType(Class) on a common parent interface.

Type Parameters:

P - The class of plugins to look up.

Parameters:

pluginClass - The class for which to obtain the list of matching plugins.

getPluginsOfClass

<PT extends SciJavaPlugin,P extends PT> List<PluginInfo<PT>> getPluginsOfClass(Class<P> pluginClass,
                                                                               Class<PT> type)

Gets the list of plugins of the given class.

Most classes will have only a single match, but some special classes (such as ImageJ's LegacyCommand) may match many entries.

Note that this method will result in PluginInfos with matching class names and types to load their plugin Classes so that they can be compared with the given one.

NB: Classes are matched by strict equality, not assignability; subtypes of the specified class will not match. For this behavior, use getPluginsOfType(Class) on a common parent interface.

Type Parameters:

PT - The type of plugins to look up; e.g., Service.class.

P - The class of plugins to look up.

Parameters:

pluginClass - The class for which to obtain the list of matching plugins.

type - The type of plugins to which the search should be limited.

getPluginsOfClass

List<PluginInfo<SciJavaPlugin>> getPluginsOfClass(String className)

Gets the list of plugins with the given class name.

Most classes will have only a single match, but some special classes (such as ImageJ's LegacyCommand) may match many entries.

NB: Classes are matched by strict equality, not assignability; subtypes of the specified class will not match. For this behavior, use getPluginsOfType(Class) on a common parent interface.

Parameters:

className - The class name for which to obtain the list of matching plugins.

getPluginsOfClass

<PT extends SciJavaPlugin> List<PluginInfo<SciJavaPlugin>> getPluginsOfClass(String className,
                                                                             Class<PT> type)

Gets the list of plugins with the given class name.

Most classes will have only a single match, but some special classes (such as ImageJ's LegacyCommand) may match many entries.

NB: Classes are matched by strict equality, not assignability; subtypes of the specified class will not match. For this behavior, use getPluginsOfType(Class) on a common parent interface.

Type Parameters:

PT - The type of plugins to look up; e.g., Service.class.

Parameters:

className - The class name for which to obtain the list of matching plugins.

type - The type of plugins to which the search should be limited.

createInstancesOfType

<PT extends SciJavaPlugin> List<PT> createInstancesOfType(Class<PT> type)

Creates one instance each of the available plugins of the given type.

Note that in the case of commands, this method does not do any preprocessing on the command instances, so parameters will not be auto-populated, initializers will not be executed, etc.

Type Parameters:

PT - The type of plugins to instantiate; e.g., Service.class.

createInstances

<PT extends SciJavaPlugin> List<PT> createInstances(List<PluginInfo<PT>> infos)

Creates an instance of each of the plugins on the given list.

If the plugin implements the Contextual interface, the appropriate context is injected. Similarly, if the plugin implements the Prioritized interface, the appropriate priority is injected.

Note that in the case of commands, this method does not do any preprocessing on the command instances, so parameters will not be auto-populated, initializers will not be executed, etc.

Type Parameters:

PT - The type of plugins to instantiate; e.g., Service.class.

createInstance

<PT extends SciJavaPlugin> PT createInstance(PluginInfo<PT> info)

Creates an instance of the given plugin.

If the plugin implements the Contextual interface, the appropriate context is injected. Similarly, if the plugin implements the Prioritized interface, the appropriate priority is injected.

Note that in the case of commands, this method does not do any preprocessing on the command instances, so parameters will not be auto-populated, initializers will not be executed, etc.

Type Parameters:

PT - The type of plugin to instantiate; e.g., Service.class.