Plugin Manifest

The Plugin manifest must contain at least the following property:

• MDIPluginClass: the path of the Plugin class

Plugin manifest keys

The PluginManifestKeys specifies the list of keys which can be set in the Plugin manifest:

• MDIPluginClass: The PluginManifestKeys.KEY_PLUGIN_CLASS key specifies the path of the Plugin class
• MDIPluginType: The PluginManifestKeys.KEY_PLUGIN_TYPE key specifies the path of the Plugin class. See Allowing only specified Plugin types for more information
• MDIPluginDependencies: The PluginManifestKeys.KEY_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCIES key specifies the Plugins on which a Plugin depends on. See plugins dependencies for more information
• MDIPluginFactory: The PluginManifestKeys.KEY_PLUGIN_FACTORY key specifies a PluginFactory which can be used to customize the initializarion process of the Plugin. See PluginFactory for more information
• MDIPluginConfig: The PluginManifestKeys.KEY_PLUGIN_CONFIG key specifies a list of configuration names use by this Plugin. It must be a list of names separated by ";" characters. See Plugins configuration for more information

Examples

The configuration for a basic Plugin is:

   MDIPluginClass: my.plugin.MyPluginClass

The configuration for a Plugin with a Plugin type is:

   MDIPluginClass: my.plugin.MyPluginClass
   MDIPluginType: myType

The configuration for a Plugin with dependencies to other Plugins is:

   MDIPluginClass: my.plugin.MyPluginClass
   MDIPluginDependencies: masterPlugin

The configuration for a Plugin with named configurations is:

   MDIPluginClass: my.plugin.MyPluginClass
   MDIPluginConfig: myConfig