001    /*
002     * Sonar, open source software quality management tool.
003     * Copyright (C) 2008-2012 SonarSource
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.platform;
021    
022    import org.sonar.api.BatchComponent;
023    import org.sonar.api.Plugin;
024    import org.sonar.api.Property;
025    
026    import java.util.Collection;
027    
028    public interface PluginRepository extends BatchComponent {
029      Collection<Plugin> getPlugins();
030    
031      Plugin getPlugin(String key);
032    
033      Property[] getProperties(Plugin plugin);
034    
035      /**
036       * Metadata of installed plugins. Metadata includes all the fields available in update center
037       * (plugin key, name, version, description, license, ...) and some technical information like
038       * list of embedded libraries and classloader strategy.
039       * 
040       * @since 2.9
041       */
042      Collection<PluginMetadata> getMetadata();
043    
044      /**
045       * Search for an installed plugin. Returns null if the plugin is not installed.
046       * @since 2.9
047       */
048      PluginMetadata getMetadata(String pluginKey);
049    }