org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins
Interface PluginMetaManager

All Superinterfaces:

PluginManagerAware

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPluginMetaManager

public interface PluginMetaManager
extends PluginManagerAware

An interface that enables the evaluation of Plug-in Metadata supplied by the plug-ins plugin.xml file

Since:

0.6

Created: Aug 21, 2007 Time: 8:01:22 AM

Author:

Graeme Rocher

Field Summary

static String

BEAN_ID Id of the bean in the app ctx

Method Summary

GrailsPlugin	getPluginForResource(String name) Obtains a plug-in instance from the pluginManager for the given resource name
String	getPluginPathForResource(String resourceName) Obtains the path to the plug-in for the given resource
String[]	getPluginResources(String pluginName) Retrieves all the plugin resource names for the given plugin name
String	getPluginViewsPathForResource(String resourceName) Obtains the path to the plug-in views directory for the given resource name

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

setPluginManager

Field Detail

BEAN_ID

static final String BEAN_ID

Id of the bean in the app ctx

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getPluginResources

String[] getPluginResources(String pluginName)

Retrieves all the plugin resource names for the given plugin name

Parameters:

pluginName - The plugin name

Returns:

An array of plugin resource names

getPluginForResource

GrailsPlugin getPluginForResource(String name)

Obtains a plug-in instance from the pluginManager for the given resource name

Parameters:

name - The name of the resource

Returns:

A GrailsPlugin instance or null

getPluginPathForResource

String getPluginPathForResource(String resourceName)

Obtains the path to the plug-in for the given resource

Parameters:

resourceName - The name of the resource

Returns:

The path to the plug-in or null if it doesn't exist

getPluginViewsPathForResource

String getPluginViewsPathForResource(String resourceName)

Obtains the path to the plug-in views directory for the given resource name

Parameters:

resourceName - The resource name

Returns:

The path to the plug-in views directory or null if the plug-in doesn't exist