01: /*
02: * Copyright 2005-2006 The Kuali Foundation.
03: *
04: *
05: * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (the "License");
06: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
07: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
08: *
09: * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl1.php
10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15: * limitations under the License.
16: */
17: package edu.iu.uis.eden.plugin;
18:
19: /**
20: * Loads a plugin from some source (i.e. filesytem, classpath, network...)
21: *
22: * @author Eric Westfall
23: */
24: public interface PluginLoader extends Modifiable {
25:
26: /**
27: * Loads the plugin, this method should NOT invoke any of the Lifecycle methods of the plugin
28: * before returning it to the calling code.
29: */
30: public Plugin load() throws Exception;
31:
32: /**
33: * Returns true if the Plugin loaded by this loader has been removed (for example, it was
34: * deleted from the file system which should result in the plugin being undeployed).
35: */
36: public boolean isRemoved();
37:
38: public void setPluginManifestPath(String pluginManifestPath);
39:
40: }
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