src/org/sonews/plugin/Plugin.java
author cli
Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:54:40 +0200
changeset 60 39f1fadf50a0
parent 37 74139325d305
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Add libcommons-codec-java to Debian dependencies.
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/*
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 *   SONEWS News Server
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 *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
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 *
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 *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 *   (at your option) any later version.
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 *
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 *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
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 *
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 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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 *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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 */
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package org.sonews.plugin;
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/**
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 * A generic Plugin for sonews. Implementing classes do not really add new
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 * functionality to sonews but can use this interface as convenient procedure
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 * for installing functionality plugins, e.g. Command-Plugins or Storage-Plugins.
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 * @author Christian Lins
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 * @since sonews/1.1
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 */
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public interface Plugin
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{
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	/**
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	 * Called when the Plugin is loaded by sonews. This method can be used
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	 * by implementing classes to install additional or required plugins.
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	 */
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	void load();
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	/**
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	 * Called when the Plugin is unloaded by sonews.
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	 */
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	void unload();
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}