Class PluginManagerImpl

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.java.diagnostics.utils.plugins.impl.PluginManagerImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

PluginManager

public class PluginManagerImpl
extends Object
implements PluginManager

Singleton manager for working with plugins.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final Container	cache	the cache of scanned files for plugins
protected static final Logger	logger
protected final ArrayList<File>	pluginSearchPath	specify classloader paths by URI as this can be used by the File class and converted into a URL

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	addListener(ClassListener listener)	Add a listener to the manager.
Container	getCache()
URL[]	getClasspath()
<T extends Entry> T	getEntry(File file)	Get an entry from the cache, using generics to describe the type expected.
Set<ClassListener>	getListeners()
static PluginManager	getPluginManager()
void	refreshSearchPath()	Refresh the search path.
boolean	removeListener(ClassListener listener)
void	scanForClassFiles()	Scan the supplied plugin path to find classes set by the plugin search path and then examine the classes to see if any of the correct interfaces and annotations are supported.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

logger

protected static final Logger logger

cache

protected final Container cache

the cache of scanned files for plugins

pluginSearchPath

protected final ArrayList<File> pluginSearchPath

specify classloader paths by URI as this can be used by the File class and converted into a URL

Method Details

getPluginManager

public static PluginManager getPluginManager()

refreshSearchPath

public void refreshSearchPath()

Refresh the search path. This will take it's setting in order from 1. System property : com.ibm.java.diagnostics.plugins 2. Environment variable : com.ibm.java.diagnostics.plugins

Specified by:

refreshSearchPath in interface PluginManager

scanForClassFiles

public void scanForClassFiles()
                       throws CommandException

Scan the supplied plugin path to find classes set by the plugin search path and then examine the classes to see if any of the correct interfaces and annotations are supported. This method does not support MVS on z/OS, the path needs to point to HFS locations

Specified by:

scanForClassFiles in interface PluginManager

Throws:

CommandException

getEntry

public <T extends Entry> T getEntry(File file)

Get an entry from the cache, using generics to describe the type expected.

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

file -

Returns:

getCache

public Container getCache()

Specified by:

getCache in interface PluginManager

addListener

public boolean addListener(ClassListener listener)

Description copied from interface: PluginManager

Add a listener to the manager. If the listener already exists as determined by a call to equals() then the existing instance is replace by the new one. This allows clients to install a single type of handler but update the configuration or it's methods of operation without retaining a handle to original listener.

Specified by:

addListener in interface PluginManager

Parameters:

listener - listener to add

Returns:

result from the standard Set.add() method

removeListener

public boolean removeListener(ClassListener listener)

Specified by:

removeListener in interface PluginManager

getListeners

public Set<ClassListener> getListeners()

Specified by:

getListeners in interface PluginManager

getClasspath

public URL[] getClasspath()

Specified by:

getClasspath in interface PluginManager