Package net.regsirius06.engine.plugins.loaders

Class ExecutablesPluginLoader

java.lang.Object

net.regsirius06.engine.plugins.loaders.DefaultPluginLoader<Executable>

net.regsirius06.engine.plugins.loaders.ExecutablesPluginLoader

All Implemented Interfaces:

PluginLoader<Executable>

public final class ExecutablesPluginLoader
extends DefaultPluginLoader<Executable>

A PluginLoader implementation for loading Executable plugins. This class loads executable plugins for a specific core type and provides additional functionality to filter and retrieve a special "About" executable.

It extends the DefaultPluginLoader to handle the loading of plugins of type Executable and offers methods to retrieve all executables as well as a specific "About" executable if available.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.regsirius06.engine.plugins.loaders.DefaultPluginLoader

log

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ExecutablesPluginLoader(@NotNull Class<? extends Core> type)	Constructs a new ExecutablesPluginLoader for the given core type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
@Nullable Executable	getAbout()	Retrieves the "About" executable plugin, if available.
List<Executable>	getPlugins()	Returns a list of all executable plugins, excluding the one with the name "About".

Methods inherited from class net.regsirius06.engine.plugins.loaders.DefaultPluginLoader

getPlugin, loadPlugins

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ExecutablesPluginLoader

public ExecutablesPluginLoader(@NotNull
 @NotNull Class<? extends Core> type)

Constructs a new ExecutablesPluginLoader for the given core type.

This constructor initializes the loader and automatically loads the executables using the DefaultPluginLoader.loadPlugins() method.

Parameters:

type - the core type to associate with the loader

Method Details

getPlugins

public List<Executable> getPlugins()

Returns a list of all executable plugins, excluding the one with the name "About".

The "About" executable is excluded from this list as it serves a specific purpose (typically displaying information about the plugin or application).

Specified by:

getPlugins in interface PluginLoader<Executable>

Overrides:

getPlugins in class DefaultPluginLoader<Executable>

Returns:

a list of executable plugins, excluding the "About" executable

getAbout

@Nullable
public @Nullable Executable getAbout()

Retrieves the "About" executable plugin, if available.

This method returns the first plugin whose name is "About". If no such plugin is found, it returns null.

Returns:

the "About" executable plugin, or null if not found