Package org.spongepowered.plugin

Interface PluginLoader<R extends PluginResource,P extends PluginContainer>

Type Parameters:

R - The resource type

P - The container type

All Known Implementing Classes:

JVMPluginLoader

public interface PluginLoader<R extends PluginResource,P extends PluginContainer>

A loader used to create and load plugins.

Implementors of this class are required to have a no-args constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
P	loadPlugin(Environment environment, PluginCandidate<R> candidate, ClassLoader targetClassLoader)	Instructs the loader to load the candidate as a container into the target classloader.
org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ArtifactVersion	version()

Method Detail

version

org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ArtifactVersion version()

Returns:

The version, as a maven artifact

loadPlugin

P loadPlugin(Environment environment,
             PluginCandidate<R> candidate,
             ClassLoader targetClassLoader)
      throws InvalidPluginException

Instructs the loader to load the candidate as a container into the target classloader.

Parameters:

environment - The environment

candidate - The candidate

targetClassLoader - The classloader

Throws:

InvalidPluginException - If the candidate is invalid