/*
 * Copyright 2011 Corpuslinguistic working group Humboldt University Berlin.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package annis.libgui;

import annis.libgui.visualizers.VisualizerPlugin;
import java.io.Serializable;
import net.xeoh.plugins.base.PluginManager;

/**
 * ANNIS plugin system interface for getting plugins or specific 
 * visualizers.
 * 
 * @author Thomas Krause <krauseto@hu-berlin.de>
 */
public interface PluginSystem extends Serializable
{
  
  public final static String DEFAULT_VISUALIZER = "grid";
  
  /** Get the JSPF Plugin Manager */
  public PluginManager getPluginManager();
  
  /** Gets a visualizer by its short name */
  public VisualizerPlugin getVisualizer(String shortName); 
}