org.scijava.app
Interface App

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Prioritized>, Contextual, HasPluginInfo, Prioritized, RichPlugin, SciJavaPlugin, SingletonPlugin, Versioned

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractApp, SciJavaApp

public interface App
extends RichPlugin, SingletonPlugin, Versioned

Metadata about a SciJava-based application, used by the AppService.

Applications discoverable at runtime must implement this interface and be annotated with @Plugin with attribute Plugin.type() = App.class. While it possible to create an application merely by implementing this interface, it is encouraged to instead extend AbstractApp, for convenience.

Author:

Curtis Rueden

See Also:

Plugin, AppService

Method Summary

void	about() Displays information about the application.
String	getArtifactId() The Maven artifactId of the application.
File	getBaseDirectory() Gets the application's root directory.
String	getGroupId() The Maven groupId of the application.
String	getInfo(boolean mem) Gets a string with information about the application.
Manifest	getManifest() Gets the manifest containing metadata about the application.
POM	getPOM() Gets the Maven POM containing metadata about the application.
String	getSystemProperty() A system property which, if set, overrides the base directory of the application.
String	getTitle() Gets the title of the application.
String	getVersion() Gets the version of the application.
void	prefs() Displays application preferences.
void	quit() Quits the application.

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

Method Detail

getTitle

String getTitle()

Gets the title of the application.

getGroupId

String getGroupId()

The Maven groupId of the application.

getArtifactId

String getArtifactId()

The Maven artifactId of the application.

getPOM

POM getPOM()

Gets the Maven POM containing metadata about the application.

getManifest

Manifest getManifest()

Gets the manifest containing metadata about the application.

NB: This metadata may be null if run in a development environment.

getInfo

String getInfo(boolean mem)

Gets a string with information about the application.

Parameters:

mem - If true, memory usage information is included.

getSystemProperty

String getSystemProperty()

A system property which, if set, overrides the base directory of the application.

getBaseDirectory

File getBaseDirectory()

Gets the application's root directory. If the application's system property is set, it is used. Otherwise, we scan up the tree from this class for a suitable directory.

about

void about()

Displays information about the application. Typically this action takes the form as About dialog in the UI, and/or a message on the console.

prefs

void prefs()

Displays application preferences. The behavior is application-specific, but typically a preferences dialog will be shown onscreen.

quit

void quit()

Quits the application. Typically this action will prompt the user about any unsaved work first.

getVersion

String getVersion()

Gets the version of the application.

SciJava conforms to the Semantic Versioning specification.

Specified by:

getVersion in interface Versioned

Returns:

The application version, in major.minor.micro format.