01 /*
02 * Copyright 2008-2015 the original author or authors.
03 *
04 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07 *
08 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package griffon.core.addon;
17
18 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
19 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
20 import java.util.Map;
21
22 /**
23 * Helper class capable of dealing with addons.
24 *
25 * @author Andres Almiray
26 * @since 2.0.0
27 */
28 public interface AddonManager {
29 void initialize();
30
31 /**
32 * Returns a read-only view of all available addons
33 *
34 * @return a non-null Map of addons keyed by name
35 */
36 @Nonnull
37 Map<String, GriffonAddon> getAddons();
38
39 /**
40 * Finds an addon by name.<p>
41 * Example: findAddon("miglayout") will return a GriffonAddon that
42 * represents the contributions of the MigLayout plugin.
43 *
44 * @param name the name of the addon to search for
45 * @return an addon instance if there's a match, null otherwise
46 */
47 @Nullable
48 GriffonAddon findAddon(@Nonnull String name);
49 }
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