SpoonPluginManager (PDI User Interface 9.3.0.0-424 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.SpoonPluginManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.pentaho.di.core.plugins.PluginTypeListener
```
public class SpoonPluginManager
extends Object
implements org.pentaho.di.core.plugins.PluginTypeListener
```
SpoonPluginManager is a singleton class which loads all SpoonPlugins from the SPOON_HOME/plugins/spoon directory.
Spoon Plugins are able to listen for SpoonLifeCycleEvents and can register categorized XUL Overlays to be retrieved later.
Spoon Plugins are deployed as directories under the SPOON_HOME/plugins/spoon directory. Each plugin must provide a build.xml as the root of it's directory and have any required jars under a "lib" directory.
The plugin.xml format is Spring-based e.g.

Author:

nbaker

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`applyPluginsForContainer(String category, org.pentaho.ui.xul.XulDomContainer container)`
`static SpoonPluginManager`	`getInstance()`	Return the single instance of this class
`List<SpoonPluginInterface>`	`getPlugins()`	Returns an unmodifiable list of all Spoon Plugins.
`void`	`notifyLifecycleListeners(SpoonLifecycleListener.SpoonLifeCycleEvent evt)`	Notifies all registered SpoonLifecycleListeners of the given SpoonLifeCycleEvent.
`void`	`pluginAdded(Object serviceObject)`
`void`	`pluginChanged(Object serviceObject)`
`void`	`pluginRemoved(Object serviceObject)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - pluginAdded
```
public void pluginAdded(Object serviceObject)
```
    Specified by:
    
    pluginAdded in interface org.pentaho.di.core.plugins.PluginTypeListener
  - pluginRemoved
```
public void pluginRemoved(Object serviceObject)
```
    Specified by:
    
    pluginRemoved in interface org.pentaho.di.core.plugins.PluginTypeListener
  - pluginChanged
```
public void pluginChanged(Object serviceObject)
```
    Specified by:
    
    pluginChanged in interface org.pentaho.di.core.plugins.PluginTypeListener
  - getInstance
```
public static SpoonPluginManager getInstance()
```
    Return the single instance of this class
    
    Returns:
    
    SpoonPerspectiveManager
  - applyPluginsForContainer
```
public void applyPluginsForContainer(String category,
                                     org.pentaho.ui.xul.XulDomContainer container)
                              throws org.pentaho.ui.xul.XulException
```
    Throws:
    
    org.pentaho.ui.xul.XulException
  - getPlugins
```
public List<SpoonPluginInterface> getPlugins()
```
    Returns an unmodifiable list of all Spoon Plugins.
    
    Returns:
    
    list of plugins
  - notifyLifecycleListeners
```
public void notifyLifecycleListeners(SpoonLifecycleListener.SpoonLifeCycleEvent evt)
```
    Notifies all registered SpoonLifecycleListeners of the given SpoonLifeCycleEvent.
    
    Parameters:
    
    evt - event to notify listeners about