Showing the list of Plugins

The PluginsMenuFactory.getAboutPluginsAction() method creates an About action showing the list of the Plugins.

Each row presents:

• The name of the Plugin
• The version of the Plugin
• The date of the Plugin
• The description of the Plugin
• A checkbox indicating if the Plugin is enabled. By default the checkbox is not editable^[1]
  The fact that the chekbox is editable or not depend on the hot Plugins activation and deactivation policy

Hot Plugins activation and deactivation

Depending on the result of the MDIApplication.getPluginsDeactivationPolicy() method:

• For the PluginsDeactivationPolicy.DEACTIVATION_NOT_ALLOWED value, the check box indicating if the Plugin is enabled are not editable
• For the PluginsDeactivationPolicy.DEACTIVATION_AT_NEXT_START value, the check box indicating if the Plugin is enabled are editable, and the plugins will be enabled or not at next start
• For the PluginsDeactivationPolicy.DEACTIVATION_IMMEDIATE value, the check box indicating if the Plugin is enabled are editable, and the plugins will be enabled or not immediately after the dialog is closed

Example

For example:

   public class MyMenuFactory extends AbstractMDIMenuFactory {
      private final JMenu filemenu = new JMenu("File");
      private final JMenu helpmenu = new JMenu("Help");

      public SecondMenuFactory() {
      }

      @Override
      protected void initMenus() {
        JMenuItem exitItem = new JMenuItem(getDefaultExitAction("Exit"));

        JMenuItem aboutPluginsItem = new JMenuItem(getPluginsMenuFactory().getAboutPluginsAction());
        helpmenu.add(aboutPluginsItem);

        filemenu.add(exitItem);

        Mbar.add(filemenu);
        Mbar.add(helpmenu);
      }
   }