001/*
002 * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
003 * Copyright (C) 2008-2013 SonarSource
004 * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
005 *
006 * SonarQube 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 * SonarQube 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 License
017 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
018 * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
019 */
020package org.sonar.api;
021
022import 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 * @deprecated in 2.8. Use {@link SonarPlugin} instead.
033 */
034@Deprecated
035public interface Plugin {
036
037  /**
038   * Unique key within sonar plugins
039   * @deprecated since 2.2. The key must be set in the manifest.
040   */
041  @Deprecated
042  String getKey();
043
044  /**
045   * Descriptive name
046   * @deprecated since 2.2. The name must be set in the manifest.
047   */
048  @Deprecated
049  String getName();
050
051  /**
052   * description of the plugin, can contains html or ruby code
053   * @deprecated since 2.2. The description must be set in the manifest.
054   */
055  @Deprecated
056  String getDescription();
057
058  /**
059   * Classes of the implemented extensions.
060   */
061  List getExtensions();
062
063}