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.platform;
021
022import org.sonar.api.BatchComponent;
023import org.sonar.api.Plugin;
024import org.sonar.api.ServerComponent;
025
026import java.util.Collection;
027
028public interface PluginRepository extends BatchComponent, ServerComponent {
029  Plugin getPlugin(String key);
030
031  /**
032   * Metadata of installed plugins. Metadata includes all the fields available in update center
033   * (plugin key, name, version, description, license, ...) and some technical information like
034   * list of embedded libraries and classloader strategy.
035   * 
036   * @since 2.9
037   */
038  Collection<PluginMetadata> getMetadata();
039
040  /**
041   * Search for an installed plugin. Returns null if the plugin is not installed.
042   * @since 2.9
043   */
044  PluginMetadata getMetadata(String pluginKey);
045}