org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins
Class DefaultGrailsPluginManager

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.AbstractGrailsPluginManager
      org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.DefaultGrailsPluginManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

GrailsPluginManager, ApplicationContextAware, ServletContextAware

public class DefaultGrailsPluginManager
extends AbstractGrailsPluginManager
implements GrailsPluginManager

A class that handles the loading and management of plug-ins in the Grails system. A plugin a just like a normal Grails application except that it contains a file ending in *Plugin.groovy in the root of the directory.

A Plugin class is a Groovy class that has a version and optionally closures called doWithSpring, doWithContext and doWithWebDescriptor

The doWithSpring closure uses the BeanBuilder syntax (@see grails.spring.BeanBuilder) to provide runtime configuration of Grails via Spring

The doWithContext closure is called after the Spring ApplicationContext is built and accepts a single argument (the ApplicationContext)

The doWithWebDescriptor uses mark-up building to provide additional functionality to the web.xml file

Example:

 class ClassEditorGrailsPlugin {
      def version = 1.1
      def doWithSpring = { application ->
        classEditor(org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.ClassEditor, application.classLoader)
      }
 }
 

A plugin can also define "dependsOn" and "evict" properties that specify what plugins the plugin depends on and which ones it is incompatable with and should evict

Since:

0.4

Author:

Graeme Rocher

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.AbstractGrailsPluginManager

application, applicationContext, failedPlugins, initialised, pluginClasses, pluginList, pluginResources, plugins

Fields inherited from interface org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.GrailsPluginManager

BEAN_NAME

Constructor Summary

DefaultGrailsPluginManager(Class[] plugins, GrailsApplication application)

DefaultGrailsPluginManager(Resource[] pluginFiles, GrailsApplication application)

DefaultGrailsPluginManager(String[] pluginResources, GrailsApplication application)

DefaultGrailsPluginManager(String resourcePath, GrailsApplication application)

Method Summary

void	checkForChanges() Checks all the plugins to see whether they have any changes
void	doDynamicMethods() This is called on all plugins so that they can add new methods/properties/constructors etc.
void	doWebDescriptor(File descriptor, Writer target)
void	doWebDescriptor(Resource descriptor, Writer target) Takes the specified web descriptor reference and configures it with all the plugins outputting the result to the target Writer instance
protected void	evictPlugin(GrailsPlugin evictor, String evicteeName)
(package private) List	getPluginList()
Collection	getPluginObservers(GrailsPlugin plugin) Retrieves a collection of plugins that are observing the specified plugin
ServletContext	getServletContext()
static String	getWeb23DTD()
void	informObservers(String pluginName, Map event) inform the specified plugins observers of the event specified by the passsed Map instance
void	loadPlugins() Performs the initial load of plug-ins throwing an exception if any dependencies don't resolve
void	refreshPlugin(String name) Refreshes the specified plugin.
void	setApplication(GrailsApplication application) Sets the GrailsApplication used be this plugin manager
void	setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext)
void	setParentApplicationContext(ApplicationContext parent)
(package private) void	setPluginFilter(PluginFilter pluginFilter)
void	setServletContext(ServletContext servletContext)

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.AbstractGrailsPluginManager

checkInitialised, doArtefactConfiguration, doPostProcessing, doRuntimeConfiguration, doRuntimeConfiguration, getAllPlugins, getFailedPlugin, getGrailsPlugin, getGrailsPlugin, getPluginResources, hasGrailsPlugin, isInitialised, registerProvidedArtefacts

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.GrailsPluginManager

doArtefactConfiguration, doPostProcessing, doRuntimeConfiguration, doRuntimeConfiguration, getAllPlugins, getFailedPlugin, getGrailsPlugin, getGrailsPlugin, hasGrailsPlugin, isInitialised, registerProvidedArtefacts

Constructor Detail

DefaultGrailsPluginManager

public DefaultGrailsPluginManager(String resourcePath,
                                  GrailsApplication application)
                           throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

DefaultGrailsPluginManager

public DefaultGrailsPluginManager(String[] pluginResources,
                                  GrailsApplication application)

DefaultGrailsPluginManager

public DefaultGrailsPluginManager(Class[] plugins,
                                  GrailsApplication application)
                           throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

DefaultGrailsPluginManager

public DefaultGrailsPluginManager(Resource[] pluginFiles,
                                  GrailsApplication application)

Method Detail

refreshPlugin

public void refreshPlugin(String name)

Description copied from interface: GrailsPluginManager

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

Specified by:

refreshPlugin in interface GrailsPluginManager

Parameters:

name - The name of the plugin to refresh

getPluginObservers

public Collection getPluginObservers(GrailsPlugin plugin)

Description copied from interface: GrailsPluginManager

Retrieves a collection of plugins that are observing the specified plugin

Specified by:

getPluginObservers in interface GrailsPluginManager

Parameters:

plugin - The plugin to retrieve observers for

Returns:

A collection of observers

informObservers

public void informObservers(String pluginName,
                            Map event)

Description copied from interface: GrailsPluginManager

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

Specified by:

informObservers in interface GrailsPluginManager

Parameters:

pluginName - The name of the plugin

event - The event

loadPlugins

public void loadPlugins()
                 throws PluginException

Description copied from interface: GrailsPluginManager

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

Specified by:

loadPlugins in interface GrailsPluginManager

Throws:

PluginException - Thrown when an error occurs loading the plugins

evictPlugin

protected void evictPlugin(GrailsPlugin evictor,
                           String evicteeName)

setApplicationContext

public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext)
                           throws BeansException

Specified by:

setApplicationContext in interface ApplicationContextAware

Overrides:

setApplicationContext in class AbstractGrailsPluginManager

Throws:

BeansException

setParentApplicationContext

public void setParentApplicationContext(ApplicationContext parent)

checkForChanges

public void checkForChanges()

Description copied from interface: GrailsPluginManager

Checks all the plugins to see whether they have any changes

Specified by:

checkForChanges in interface GrailsPluginManager

doWebDescriptor

public void doWebDescriptor(Resource descriptor,
                            Writer target)

Description copied from interface: GrailsPluginManager

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

Specified by:

doWebDescriptor in interface GrailsPluginManager

Parameters:

descriptor - The Resource of the descriptor

target - The Writer to write the result to

doWebDescriptor

public void doWebDescriptor(File descriptor,
                            Writer target)

Specified by:

doWebDescriptor in interface GrailsPluginManager

Parameters:

descriptor - The File of the descriptor

target - The target to write the changes to

See Also:

GrailsPluginManager.doWebDescriptor(Resource, Writer)

setApplication

public void setApplication(GrailsApplication application)

Description copied from interface: GrailsPluginManager

Sets the GrailsApplication used be this plugin manager

Specified by:

setApplication in interface GrailsPluginManager

Overrides:

setApplication in class AbstractGrailsPluginManager

Parameters:

application - The GrailsApplication instance

doDynamicMethods

public void doDynamicMethods()

Description copied from interface: GrailsPluginManager

This is called on all plugins so that they can add new methods/properties/constructors etc.

Specified by:

doDynamicMethods in interface GrailsPluginManager

Overrides:

doDynamicMethods in class AbstractGrailsPluginManager

setServletContext

public void setServletContext(ServletContext servletContext)

Specified by:

setServletContext in interface ServletContextAware

getServletContext

public ServletContext getServletContext()

setPluginFilter

void setPluginFilter(PluginFilter pluginFilter)

getPluginList

List getPluginList()

getWeb23DTD

public static String getWeb23DTD()