Package de.xima.fc.interfaces.plugin.lifecycle.helper

Interface IPluginFileHelper

public interface IPluginFileHelper

Author:

XIMA MEDIA GmbH

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
File	getPluginFile()
File	getPluginFolder()
File	getPluginUnpackedDir()
File	getPropertiesFile()
boolean	isUnpacked()	Checks whether the plugin JAR file was unpacked and the class path points to the unpacked files, or whether class path points directly to the JAR file.

Method Details

getPluginFolder

File getPluginFolder()

getPropertiesFile

File getPropertiesFile()

getPluginFile

File getPluginFile()

Returns:

The path to the JAR file with the plugin.

getPluginUnpackedDir

File getPluginUnpackedDir()

Returns:

The path to the root directory with the unpacked files from the plugin. This directory may not exist if this is not an unpacked plugin.

isUnpacked

boolean isUnpacked()

Checks whether the plugin JAR file was unpacked and the class path points to the unpacked files, or whether class path points directly to the JAR file.

Returns:

true if the class loader uses a classpath constructed with the files from an unpacked JAR file; false if it uses a classpath constructed directly from the plugin JAR file. Also returns false if this is a temporary runtime without a class loader.