uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.grid.client.plugins
Interface GridClientPluginProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AccountClientPlugin, CltMgtRegistryClientPlugin, DataClientPlugin, JobClientPlugin, MembershipClientPlugin, OgsaDaiClientPlugin, SampleClientPlugin, SLAClientPlugin

public interface GridClientPluginProvider

Plugins extend the functionality of the client. To create a plug-in:

1. Create an implementation of this class.
2. List the implementation in your jar's META-INF/services/uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.grid.comms.client.GridClientPluginProvider.Provider file

Plugins are loaded by client applications (such as the GRIA client) using the standard Java service provider pattern. See Sun's documentation.

See Also:

ConversationBrowserPlugin

Field Summary

static String

PROVIDER_RESOURCE_NAME File in META-INF containing plugin class names.

Method Summary

void	initPlugin(GridClientPluginManager manager) Initialise the plugin.

Field Detail

PROVIDER_RESOURCE_NAME

static final String PROVIDER_RESOURCE_NAME

File in META-INF containing plugin class names.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

initPlugin

void initPlugin(GridClientPluginManager manager)

Initialise the plugin. At start-up, the Grid client calls this method on each plugin to initialise it.

The plugin should register itself with other components as appropriate.

See Also:

ResourceTypeRegistry.registerPortType(javax.xml.namespace.QName, Class), ImplementationFactory.registerImplementation(Class, Class), uk.ac.soton.ecs.iam.grid.client.swing.ConversationBrowser#addPlugin(uk.ac.soton.ecs.iam.grid.client.swing.PluginHook)