org.rosuda.plugins
Class PluginManager

java.lang.Object
  org.rosuda.plugins.PluginManager

public class PluginManager
extends Object

PluginManager - basic class for plugin detection and management of configurations $Id: PluginManager.java,v 1.10 2004/06/26 12:36:58 urbaneks Exp $

Constructor Summary

PluginManager()

Method Summary

static PluginManager	getManager() returns current plugin manager. if none existed before, a new one is silently created.
String	getParS(String plugin, String par)
static Plugin	loadPlugin(String className) Tries to load a plugin specified by the supplied class.
static boolean	pluginExists(String className) Verifies whether the class identified by the class name exists and is a child of Plugin.
void	setParS(String plugin, String par, String val)

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

getManager

public static PluginManager getManager()

returns current plugin manager. if none existed before, a new one is silently created.

Returns:

current plugin manager

getParS

public String getParS(String plugin,
                      String par)

setParS

public void setParS(String plugin,
                    String par,
                    String val)

loadPlugin

public static Plugin loadPlugin(String className)

Tries to load a plugin specified by the supplied class.

Parameters:

className - class name of the plugin

Returns:

loaded plugin or null if the plugin couldn't be loaded

pluginExists

public static boolean pluginExists(String className)

Verifies whether the class identified by the class name exists and is a child of Plugin.

Parameters:

className - class name of the plugin

Returns:

true if the specified class exists and is assignable to Plugin