Module omix.api

Package omix.plugin

Interface PluginCompatibilityHandlerFactory

public interface PluginCompatibilityHandlerFactory

This interface must be derived by a custom plug-in class in order to implement compatibility when a plug-in identifier changed. A custom class implementing PluginCompatibilityHandlerFactory can be registered at the Omix Plug-in Manager:

<PluginCompatibilityHandlerFactory>mypackage.MyPluginCompatibilityHandlerFactory</PluginCompatibilityHandlerFactory>

Since:

Omix 1.7.0

Author:

Dr. Peter Droste

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PluginCompatibilityHandlerInterface	newPluginCompatibilityHandler()	This method is called by the plug-in manager at startup and when the plug-in is installed, respectively.

Method Details

newPluginCompatibilityHandler

PluginCompatibilityHandlerInterface newPluginCompatibilityHandler()

This method is called by the plug-in manager at startup and when the plug-in is installed, respectively. The role of this method is to create the PluginCompatibilityHandler.
The custom implementation of this method must instantiate an arbitrary class implementing the interface PluginCompatibilityHandlerInterface.

Returns:

an instance of PluginCompatibilityHandlerInterface