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    }