001    /*
002     * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
003     * Copyright (C) 2008-2014 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     */
020    package org.sonar.api;
021    
022    /**
023     * A plugin is a group of extensions. See {@link Extension} interface to get all extension points.
024     * 
025     * @since 2.8
026     */
027    public abstract class SonarPlugin implements Plugin {
028    
029      public final String getKey() {
030        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
031      }
032    
033      public final String getName() {
034        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
035      }
036    
037      public final String getDescription() {
038        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
039      }
040    
041      /**
042       * Returns a string representation of the plugin, suitable for debugging purposes only.
043       */
044      @Override
045      public String toString() {
046        return getClass().getSimpleName();
047      }
048    
049    }