ServerPluginProvider (Gerrit Review Plugin API Documentation)

All Known Implementing Classes:

JarPluginProvider
```
public interface ServerPluginProvider
```
Provider of one Server plugin from one external file Allows to load one plugin from one external file or one directory by declaring the ability to handle it. In order to load multiple files into a single plugin, group them into a directory tree and then load the directory root as a single plugin.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface and Description

static class ServerPluginProvider.PluginDescription
Descriptor of the Plugin that ServerPluginProvider has to load.

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
`static class`	`ServerPluginProvider.PluginDescription` Descriptor of the Plugin that ServerPluginProvider has to load.

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`ServerPlugin`	`get(File srcFile, org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.FileSnapshot snapshot, ServerPluginProvider.PluginDescription pluginDescriptor)` Loads an external file or directory into a Server plugin.
`String`	`getPluginName(File srcFile)` Returns the plugin name of an external file or directory Should be called only if `handles(srcFile)` returns true and thus srcFile is a supported plugin format.
`String`	`getProviderPluginName()` Returns the plugin name of this provider.
`boolean`	`handles(File srcFile)` Declares the availability to manage an external file or directory

- Method Detail
  - handles
```
boolean handles(File srcFile)
```
    Declares the availability to manage an external file or directory
    
    Parameters:
    srcFile - the external file or directory
    
    Returns:
    true if file or directory can be loaded into a Server Plugin
  - getPluginName
```
String getPluginName(File srcFile)
```
    Returns the plugin name of an external file or directory Should be called only if handles(srcFile) returns true and thus srcFile is a supported plugin format. An IllegalArgumentException is thrown otherwise as srcFile is not a valid file format for extracting its plugin name.
    
    Parameters:
    srcFile - external file or directory
    
    Returns:
    plugin name
  - get
```
ServerPlugin get(File srcFile,
               org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.FileSnapshot snapshot,
               ServerPluginProvider.PluginDescription pluginDescriptor)
                 throws InvalidPluginException
```
    Loads an external file or directory into a Server plugin. Should be called only if handles(srcFile) returns true and thus srcFile is a supported plugin format. An IllegalArgumentException is thrown otherwise as srcFile is not a valid file format for extracting its plugin name.
    
    Parameters:
    srcFile - external file or directory
    snapshot - snapshot of the external file
    pluginDescriptor - descriptor of the ServerPlugin to load
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidPluginException - if plugin is supposed to be handled but cannot be loaded for any other reason
  - getProviderPluginName
```
String getProviderPluginName()
```
    Returns the plugin name of this provider. Allows to identify which plugin provided the current ServerPluginProvider by returning the plugin name. Helpful for troubleshooting plugin loading problems.
    
    Returns:
    plugin name of this provider

Interface ServerPluginProvider

Nested Class Summary

Method Summary

Method Detail

handles

getPluginName

get

getProviderPluginName