/*
* File : Plugin.java
* Created : 2 nov. 2003 18:43:21
* By : Olivier
*
* Azureus - a Java Bittorrent client
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details ( see the LICENSE file ).
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package org.gudy.azureus2.plugins;
/**
* Defines the plugin interface to implement in order to create a Plugin
* @author Olivier
*/
public interface
Plugin
{
/**
* This method is called when the Plugin is loaded by Azureus
* @param pluginInterface the interface that the plugin must use to communicate with Azureus
*
* @since 2.0.4.0
*/
public void
initialize(
PluginInterface pluginInterface )
throws PluginException;
/**
* This method is invoke by reflection, if it exists. It couldn't be added to the interface as
* doing so would have broken existing plugins.
* It is called at load time, and as such *most* of the plugin framework is unavailable. Therefore
* it should only be used for bootstrap situations where the plugin must perform some action before
* the rest of Azureus initialises.
* The only framework guaranteed to be available is the plugin-configuration.
*
* public static void
* load(
* PluginInterface pluginInterface )
*
* throws PluginException;
* @author parg
* @since 2.2.0.3
*/
}