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    import java.util.List;
023    
024    /**
025     * A plugin is a group of extensions. See <code>org.sonar.api.Extension</code> interface to browse
026     * available extension points.
027     * <p/>
028     * <p>The manifest property <code>Plugin-Class</code> must declare the name of the implementation class.
029     * It is automatically set by sonar-packaging-maven-plugin when building plugins.</p>
030     *
031     * @see org.sonar.api.Extension
032     * @since 1.10
033     * @deprecated in 2.8. Use {@link SonarPlugin} instead.
034     */
035    @Deprecated
036    public interface Plugin {
037    
038      /**
039       * Unique key within sonar plugins
040       * @deprecated since 2.2. The key must be set in the manifest.
041       */
042      @Deprecated
043      String getKey();
044    
045      /**
046       * Descriptive name
047       * @deprecated since 2.2. The name must be set in the manifest.
048       */
049      @Deprecated
050      String getName();
051    
052      /**
053       * description of the plugin, can contains html or ruby code
054       * @deprecated since 2.2. The description must be set in the manifest.
055       */
056      @Deprecated
057      String getDescription();
058    
059      /**
060       * Classes of the implemented extensions.
061       */
062      List getExtensions();
063    
064    }