Extension support

Quick howto

Create an extension point
Create one or more extensions
Both the extension point and the extension must be in the plugin model
1. Each extension must provide a get method, returning an object
2. Each extension may opt to receive the activate/deactivate notifications
3. An extension may declare fields, just like classes can

Extension language

Java API

public interface Extension<T> {

String getExtensionPointId ();

T get ();

void activate ();

void deactivate ();
}

public class ExtensionPoint<T> {

public ExtensionPoint (String id, Class<T> type) { ... }

public Class<T> getType () { ... }

public Iterable<Extension<T>> getExtensions () { ... }

public Iterable<T> getObjects () { ... }

public String getNamespace () { ... }

public String getId () { ... }

}

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Extension support

Quick howto

Extension language

Extension point

Extension

Accessing extension point

Accessing extension objects

Java API