001 /* 002 * Sonar, open source software quality management tool. 003 * Copyright (C) 2009 SonarSource SA 004 * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com 005 * 006 * Sonar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 007 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 008 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 009 * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 010 * 011 * Sonar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 012 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 015 * 016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 017 * License along with Sonar; if not, write to the Free Software 018 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02 019 */ 020 package org.sonar.api; 021 022 import java.util.List; 023 024 /** 025 * A plugin is a group of extensions. See <code>org.sonar.api.Extension</code> interface to get all extension points. 026 * <p/> 027 * <p>The manifest property <code>Plugin-Class</code> must declare the name of the implementation class. 028 * See META-INF/MANIFEST.MF.</p> 029 * 030 * @see org.sonar.api.Extension 031 * @since 1.10 032 */ 033 public interface Plugin { 034 035 /** 036 * Unique key within sonar plugins 037 */ 038 String getKey(); 039 040 /** 041 * Descriptive name 042 */ 043 String getName(); 044 045 /** 046 * description of the plugin, can contains html or ruby code 047 */ 048 String getDescription(); 049 050 /** 051 * Classes of the implemented extensions. 052 */ 053 List<Class<? extends Extension>> getExtensions(); 054 055 }