/* * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o. * * 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 * limitations under the License. */ package com.intellij.openapi.components; /** * Application-level component's implementation class may implement the {@code ApplicationComponent} interface.<br> * It may have constructor with parameters that are also application components. * <p> * <strong>Note that if you register a class as an application component it will be loaded, its instance will be created and * {@link #initComponent()} methods will be called each time IDE is started even if user doesn't use any feature of your * plugin. So consider using specific extensions instead to ensure that the plugin will not impact IDE performance until user calls its * actions explicitly.</strong> */ public interface ApplicationComponent extends BaseComponent { /** * @deprecated Use {@link ApplicationComponent} directly */ @Deprecated class Adapter implements ApplicationComponent { } }