Module omix.api

Package omix.plugin.type

Interface TypeCompatibilityHandlerFactory

public interface TypeCompatibilityHandlerFactory

This interface must be derived by a custom plug-in class in order to implement type compatibility between different versions of a plug-in.
A custom class implementing TypeCompatibilityHandlerFactory can be registered at the Omix Plug-in Manager:

<TypeCompatibilityHandlerFactory>mypackage.MyTypeCompatibilityHandlerFactory</TypeCompatibilityHandlerFactory>

Since:

Omix 1.4.12

Author:

Dr. Peter Droste, Omix Visualization

Method Summary

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

Method Details

newTypeCompatibilityHandler

TypeCompatibilityHandlerInterface newTypeCompatibilityHandler()

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 TypeCompatibilityHandler.
The custom implementation of this method must instantiate an arbitrary class implementing the interface TypeCompatibilityHandlerInterface.

Returns:

an instance of TypeCompatibilityHandlerInterface