IPluginProvider (pentaho-platform-api 10.0.0.1-249 API)

```
public interface IPluginProvider
```
A plugin provider is responsible for serving up IPlatformPlugins to whoever is asking, typically IPluginManager. The plugin provider is not responsible for integrating the plugins into the platform. It's only role is to render plugin definitions, IPlatformPlugins. A plugin provider might load plugin definitions from an xml file, or a properties file. You might also create a plugin provider that creates plugins programmatically. It won't matter what mechanism you use to define your plugins so long as you implement IPluginProvider.

Author:

aphillips

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List<IPlatformPlugin>`	`getPlugins(IPentahoSession session)`	Returns a list of `IPlatformPlugin`s defined by this plugin provider.

- Method Detail
  - getPlugins
```
List<IPlatformPlugin> getPlugins(IPentahoSession session)
                          throws PlatformPluginRegistrationException
```
    Returns a list of IPlatformPlugins defined by this plugin provider. These plugins have not been initialized or registered within the platform at this point.
    
    Parameters:
    
    session - the current session
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of platform plugins
    
    Throws:
    
    PlatformPluginRegistrationException - if there is a problem looking for plugins