Field Detail

• public java.lang.String BEAN_NAME

Method Detail

• public void checkForChanges()

  Checks all the plugins to see whether they have any changes

• public void doArtefactConfiguration()

  Called prior to the initialisation of the GrailsApplication object to allow registration of additional ArtefactHandler objects

  See Also:

  ArtefactHandler

• public void doDynamicMethods()

  Called on all plugins so that they can add new methods/properties/constructors etc.

• public void doPostProcessing(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext applicationContext)

  Performs post initialization configuration for each plug-in, passing the built application context

  Parameters:

  applicationContext - The ApplicationContext instance

• public void doRuntimeConfiguration(RuntimeSpringConfiguration springConfig)

  Executes the runtime configuration phase of plug-ins

  Parameters:

  springConfig - The RuntimeSpringConfiguration instance

• public void doRuntimeConfiguration(java.lang.String pluginName, RuntimeSpringConfiguration springConfig)

  Executes the runtime configuration for a specific plugin AND all its dependencies

  Parameters:

  pluginName - The name of he plugin

  springConfig - The runtime spring config instance

• public void doWebDescriptor(org.springframework.core.io.Resource descriptor, java.io.Writer target)

  Takes the specified web descriptor reference and configures it with all the plugins outputting the result to the target Writer instance

  Parameters:

  descriptor - The Resource of the descriptor

  target - The Writer to write the result to

• public void doWebDescriptor(java.io.File descriptor, java.io.Writer target)

  Parameters:

  descriptor - The File of the descriptor

  target - The target to write the changes to

  See Also:

  doWebDescriptor(Resource, Writer)

• public GrailsPlugin[] getAllPlugins()

  Returns an array of all the loaded plug-ins

  Returns:

  An array of plug-ins

• public GrailsPlugin[] getFailedLoadPlugins()

  Returns:

  An array of plugins that failed to load due to dependency resolution errors

• public GrailsPlugin getFailedPlugin(java.lang.String name)

  Retrieves a plug-in that failed to load, or null if it doesn't exist

  Parameters:

  name - The name of the plugin

  Returns:

  A GrailsPlugin or null

• public GrailsPlugin getGrailsPlugin(java.lang.String name)

  Retrieves a name Grails plugin instance

  Parameters:

  name - The name of the plugin

  Returns:

  The GrailsPlugin instance or null if it doesn't exist

• public GrailsPlugin getGrailsPlugin(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object version)

  Retrieves a plug-in for its name and version

  Parameters:

  name - The name of the plugin

  version - The version of the plugin

  Returns:

  The GrailsPlugin instance or null if it doesn't exist

• public GrailsPlugin getGrailsPluginForClassName(java.lang.String name)

  Obtains a GrailsPlugin for the given classname

  Parameters:

  name - The name of the plugin

  Returns:

  The instance

• public GrailsPlugin getPluginForClass(java.lang.Class<?> theClass)

  Obtains the GrailsPlugin for the given class

  Parameters:

  theClass - The class

  Returns:

  The GrailsPlugin for the given class or null if not related to any plugin

• public GrailsPlugin getPluginForInstance(java.lang.Object instance)

  Looks up the plugin that defined the given instance. If no plugin defined the instance then null is returned.

  Parameters:

  instance - The instance

  Returns:

  The plugin that defined the instance or null

• @java.lang.SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") public java.util.Collection getPluginObservers(GrailsPlugin plugin)

  Retrieves a collection of plugins that are observing the specified plugin

  Parameters:

  plugin - The plugin to retrieve observers for

  Returns:

  A collection of observers

• public java.lang.String getPluginPath(java.lang.String name)

  Returns the pluginContextPath for the given plugin

  Parameters:

  name - The plugin name

  Returns:

  the context path

• public java.lang.String getPluginPathForClass(java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.Object> theClass)

  Returns the plugin path for the given class

  Parameters:

  theClass - The class

  Returns:

  The pluginContextPath

• public java.lang.String getPluginPathForInstance(java.lang.Object instance)

  Returns the pluginContextPath for the given instance

  Parameters:

  instance - The instance

  Returns:

  The pluginContextPath

• public java.lang.String getPluginViewsPathForClass(java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.Object> theClass)

  Returns the plugin views directory path for the given class

  Parameters:

  theClass - The class

  Returns:

  The pluginContextPath

• public java.lang.String getPluginViewsPathForInstance(java.lang.Object instance)

  Returns the plugin views directory for the given instance

  Parameters:

  instance - The instance

  Returns:

  The pluginContextPath

• public java.util.List<org.springframework.core.type.filter.TypeFilter> getTypeFilters()

  Get all of the TypeFilter definitions defined by the plugins

  Returns:

  A list of TypeFilter definitions

• public GrailsPlugin[] getUserPlugins()

  Gets plugin installed by the user and not provided by the framework

  Returns:

  A list of user plugins

• public boolean hasGrailsPlugin(java.lang.String name)

  Parameters:

  name - The name of the plugin

  Returns:

  true if the the manager has a loaded plugin with the given name

• @java.lang.SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") public void informObservers(java.lang.String pluginName, java.util.Map event)

  inform the specified plugins observers of the event specified by the passed Map instance

  Parameters:

  pluginName - The name of the plugin

  event - The event

• public void informOfClassChange(java.lang.Class<?> aClass)

  Method for handling changes to a class and triggering on change events etc.

  Parameters:

  aClass - The class

• public void informOfClassChange(java.io.File file, @java.lang.SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") java.lang.Class cls)

• public void informOfFileChange(java.io.File file)

  Fire to inform the PluginManager that a particular file changes

  Parameters:

  file - The file that changed

  Since:

  2.0

• public boolean isInitialised()

  Returns:

  the initialised

• public boolean isShutdown()

  Indicates whether the manager has been shutdown or not

  Returns:

  True if it was shutdown

• public void loadPlugins()

  Performs the initial load of plug-ins throwing an exception if any dependencies don't resolve

  throws:

  PluginException Thrown when an error occurs loading the plugins

• public void refreshPlugin(java.lang.String name)

  Refreshes the specified plugin. A refresh will force to plugin to "touch" each of its watched resources and fire modified events for each

  Parameters:

  name - The name of the plugin to refresh

• public void registerProvidedArtefacts(GrailsApplication application)

  Registers pre-compiled artefacts with the GrailsApplication instance, only overriding if the application doesn't already provide an artefact of the same name.

  Parameters:

  application - The GrailsApplication object

• public void setApplication(GrailsApplication application)

  Sets the GrailsApplication used be this plugin manager

  Parameters:

  application - The GrailsApplication instance

• public void setLoadCorePlugins(boolean shouldLoadCorePlugins)

  Set whether the core plugins should be loaded

  Parameters:

  shouldLoadCorePlugins - True if they should

• public void shutdown()

  Shuts down the PluginManager

• public boolean supportsCurrentBuildScope(java.lang.String pluginName)

  Returns true if the given plugin supports the current BuildScope

  Parameters:

  pluginName - The name of the plugin

  Returns:

  true if the plugin supports the current build scope

  See Also:

  BuildScope.getCurrent