net.nutch.plugin
Class Extension

java.lang.Object
  net.nutch.plugin.Extension

public class Extension

extends Object

A Extension is a kind of listener descriptor that will be installed on a concret ExtensionPoint that act as kind of Publisher.

Author:

joa23

Constructor Summary

Extension(PluginDescriptor pDescriptor, String pExtensionPoint, String pId, String pExtensionClass)

Method Summary

void	addAttribute(String pKey, String pValue) Adds a attribute and is only used until model creation at plugin system start up.
String	getAttribute(String pKey) Returns a attribute value, that is setuped in the manifest file and is definied by the extension point xml schema.
String	getClazz() Returns the full class name of the extension point implementation
PluginDescriptor	getDiscriptor() return the plugin descriptor.
Object	getExtensionInstance() Return an instance of the extension implementatio.
String	getId() Return the unique id of the extension.
String	getTargetPoint() Returns the Id of the extension point, that is implemented by this extension.
void	setClazz(String extensionClazz) Sets the Class that implement the concret extension and is only used until model creation at system start up.
void	setDiscriptor(PluginDescriptor pDescriptor) Sets the plugin descriptor and is only used until model creation at system start up.
void	setId(String extensionID) Sets the unique extension Id and is only used until model creation at system start up.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Extension

public Extension(PluginDescriptor pDescriptor,
                 String pExtensionPoint,
                 String pId,
                 String pExtensionClass)

Parameters:

pDescriptor - a plugin descriptor

pExtensionPoint - an extension porin

pId - an unique id of the plugin

Method Detail

getAttribute

public String getAttribute(String pKey)

Returns a attribute value, that is setuped in the manifest file and is definied by the extension point xml schema.

Parameters:

pKey - a key

Returns:

String a value

getClazz

public String getClazz()

Returns the full class name of the extension point implementation

Returns:

String

getId

public String getId()

Return the unique id of the extension.

Returns:

String

addAttribute

public void addAttribute(String pKey,
                         String pValue)

Adds a attribute and is only used until model creation at plugin system start up.

Parameters:

pKey - a key

pValue - a value

setClazz

public void setClazz(String extensionClazz)

Sets the Class that implement the concret extension and is only used until model creation at system start up.

Parameters:

extensionClazz - The extensionClazz to set

setId

public void setId(String extensionID)

Sets the unique extension Id and is only used until model creation at system start up.

Parameters:

extensionID - The extensionID to set

getTargetPoint

public String getTargetPoint()

Returns the Id of the extension point, that is implemented by this extension.

getExtensionInstance

public Object getExtensionInstance()
                            throws PluginRuntimeException

Return an instance of the extension implementatio. Before we create a extension instance we startup the plugin if it is not already done. The plugin instance and the extension instance use the same PluginClassLoader. Each Plugin use its own classloader. The PluginClassLoader knows only own Plugin runtime libraries setuped in the plugin manifest file and exported libraries of the depenedend plugins.

Returns:

Object An instance of the extension implementation

Throws:

PluginRuntimeException

getDiscriptor

public PluginDescriptor getDiscriptor()

return the plugin descriptor.

Returns:

PluginDescriptor

setDiscriptor

public void setDiscriptor(PluginDescriptor pDescriptor)

Sets the plugin descriptor and is only used until model creation at system start up.

Returns:

PluginDescriptor