IPluginMenuEntries (formcycle: bom 8.1.1 API)

All Superinterfaces:

IFCPlugin, INamedUiElement, INameProviding, ITransferable, Serializable
```
public interface IPluginMenuEntries
extends IFCPlugin
```
Plugin for adding custom menu entries to the backend UI of formcycle. The menu entries will appear in the main menu to the left. For example, you can use this to add a link to an external page, or use this together with a portal plugin to add a custom page within formcycle.

Author:

XIMA MEDIA GmbH

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface de.xima.fc.plugin.interfaces.IFCPlugin
  CONFIG_FILENAME
- Fields inherited from interface de.xima.fc.interfaces.INamedUiElement
  ATTR_DISPLAY_NAME
- Fields inherited from interface de.xima.fc.entities.interfaces.INameProviding
  ATTR_NAME, COL_NAME

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Collection<IPluginMenuEntry>`	`getMenuEntries(IPluginMenuEntriesParams params)`	This method should return the menu entries to be added to formcycle.
`default String`	`getSortKey()`	The sort key for the order of the menu entries.

Methods inherited from interface de.xima.fc.plugin.interfaces.IFCPlugin
getDescription, getDescription, getDisplayName, getName, initialize, initPlugin, install, shutdown, shutdown, uninstall, validateConfigurationData

- Method Detail
  - getMenuEntries
```
Collection<IPluginMenuEntry> getMenuEntries(IPluginMenuEntriesParams params)
```
    This method should return the menu entries to be added to formcycle. Note that a menu entry may have children which are shown as a submenu. In that case, you should return only the parent entries.
    
    Parameters:
    
    params - IPluginMenuEntriesParams Parameters this plugin may make use of, such as the current client and user.
    
    Returns:
    
    Collection of IPluginMenuEntrys The list of top-level (parent) menu entries to be added to formcycle.
  - getSortKey
```
default String getSortKey()
```
    The sort key for the order of the menu entries. When multiple menu entry plugins are available, the plugins are first sorted by this sort key; and the menu entries are then added in this order. The default implementation returns IFCPlugin.getName().
    
    Returns:
    
    The sort key for the order the menu entries in the backend menu.