tvbrowser.core
Class PluginLoader

java.lang.Object
  tvbrowser.core.PluginLoader

public class PluginLoader
extends java.lang.Object

The PluginLoader loads all plugins and assigns each plugin to the appropriate manager (TvDataServiceProxyManager or PluginProxyManager)

Method Summary

void	deleteAllPluginProxies() delete all plugin proxies to force re-reading the plugin classes on next start
boolean	deleteDataService(TvDataServiceProxy service) Delete a data service
boolean	deletePlugin(PluginProxy proxy) Delete a Plugin
PluginBaseInfo[]	getInfoOfAvailablePlugins() Gets the base infos for all available plugins.
static PluginLoader	getInstance()
void	installPendingPlugins() Installs all plugins that could not be installed the last time, because an old version was in use.
boolean	isDataServiceDeletable(TvDataServiceProxy service) Is a data service deleteable ?
boolean	isPluginDeletable(PluginProxy plugin) Is a Plugin deleteable ?
void	loadAllPlugins()
java.lang.Object	loadPlugin(java.io.File pluginFile, boolean deleteable) Loads the plugin from the file system

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static PluginLoader getInstance()

installPendingPlugins

public void installPendingPlugins()

Installs all plugins that could not be installed the last time, because an old version was in use.

loadPlugin

public java.lang.Object loadPlugin(java.io.File pluginFile,
                                   boolean deleteable)

Loads the plugin from the file system

Parameters:

pluginFile - File to load

deleteable - is the Plugin deleteable

loadAllPlugins

public void loadAllPlugins()

deletePlugin

public boolean deletePlugin(PluginProxy proxy)

Delete a Plugin

Parameters:

proxy - Proxy for the Plugin that should be deleted

Returns:

true if successful

deleteDataService

public boolean deleteDataService(TvDataServiceProxy service)

Delete a data service

Parameters:

service - Data service that should be deleted

Returns:

true if successful

Since:

2.7

isPluginDeletable

public boolean isPluginDeletable(PluginProxy plugin)

Is a Plugin deleteable ?

Parameters:

plugin - Plugin that should be deleted

Returns:

true if deleteable

isDataServiceDeletable

public boolean isDataServiceDeletable(TvDataServiceProxy service)

Is a data service deleteable ?

Parameters:

service - Data service that should be deleted

Returns:

true if deleteable

Since:

2.7

deleteAllPluginProxies

public void deleteAllPluginProxies()

delete all plugin proxies to force re-reading the plugin classes on next start

getInfoOfAvailablePlugins

public PluginBaseInfo[] getInfoOfAvailablePlugins()

Gets the base infos for all available plugins.

Returns:

The array with the base info for all available plugins.