org.jmonit.spi
Interface PluginManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPluginManager

public interface PluginManager

The plugins manager maintain a set of factories to create plugins on-demand for monitors. New plugins factories can be registered when application is running, to enable some fine tweak of application monitoring by simply deploying new plugins to existing monitors.

Author:

Nicolas De Loof

Method Summary

<T> Factory<T>	getFactory(java.lang.Class<T> feature)
java.lang.Class	getFeature(java.lang.String name) Retrieve a feature by name.
java.util.Collection<java.lang.Class>	getFeatures(java.lang.String group)
void	registerPlugin(Factory factory, java.lang.Class role) Register a plugin factory

Method Detail

registerPlugin

void registerPlugin(Factory factory,
                    java.lang.Class role)

Register a plugin factory

Type Parameters:

F - the feature that the plugin will provide

Parameters:

factory - the factory

role - TODO

getFeatures

java.util.Collection<java.lang.Class> getFeatures(java.lang.String group)

Parameters:

group - a name for a group of features

Returns:

all features in the group

getFactory

<T> Factory<T> getFactory(java.lang.Class<T> feature)

getFeature

java.lang.Class getFeature(java.lang.String name)

Retrieve a feature by name. The name can be a short name (simple class name) of a standard jMonit plugin (from org.jmonit.plugins package) or a fully qualified class name for custom plugins.

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

plublic API class for the feature