Package org.graffiti.util

Class PluginHelper

java.lang.Object

org.graffiti.util.PluginHelper

All Implemented Interfaces:

HelperClass

public class PluginHelper
extends Object
implements HelperClass

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PluginHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static List<? extends Algorithm>	getAvailableAlgorithms()
static List<Class<? extends Attribute>>	getAvailableAttributes()
static PluginDescription	readPluginDescription(URL pluginLocation)	Reads and returns the plugin description of the plugin from the given URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PluginHelper

public PluginHelper()

Method Details

readPluginDescription

public static PluginDescription readPluginDescription(URL pluginLocation)
                                               throws PluginManagerException

Reads and returns the plugin description of the plugin from the given URL.

Parameters:

pluginLocation - the URL to the plugin.

Returns:

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Throws:

PluginManagerException - if an error occurrs while loading the plugin description.

getAvailableAttributes

public static List<Class<? extends Attribute>> getAvailableAttributes()

Returns:

getAvailableAlgorithms

public static List<? extends Algorithm> getAvailableAlgorithms()