001 /* 002 * Copyright 2005-2007 The Kuali Foundation 003 * 004 * 005 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 006 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 007 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017 package org.kuali.rice.kew.plugin; 018 019 /** 020 * Loads a plugin from some source (i.e. filesytem, classpath, network...) 021 * 022 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org) 023 */ 024 public interface PluginLoader extends Modifiable { 025 026 public String getPluginName(); 027 028 /** 029 * Loads the plugin, this method should NOT invoke any of the Lifecycle methods of the plugin 030 * before returning it to the calling code. 031 */ 032 public Plugin load() throws Exception; 033 034 /** 035 * Returns true if the Plugin loaded by this loader has been removed (for example, it was 036 * deleted from the file system which should result in the plugin being undeployed). 037 */ 038 public boolean isRemoved(); 039 040 public void setPluginConfigPath(String pluginConfigPath); 041 042 }