com.nomagic.magicdraw.plugins

Class Plugin

java.lang.Object

com.nomagic.magicdraw.plugins.Plugin

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseEmfUml2XmiPlugin, MofPlugin

@OpenApiAll
public abstract class Plugin
extends java.lang.Object

The base abstract class for any MagicDraw plugin. Plugin must be extended from this class. Every plugin has it own descriptor.
MagicDraw calls method init() for plugin on startup.
MagicDraw will not exit if at least one plugin close() method returns false.

See Also:

init(), close()

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Plugin()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract boolean	close() MagicDraw calls this method before exiting the application.
PluginDescriptor	getDescriptor() Returns plugin descriptor.
abstract void	init() Plugin initialization method.
abstract boolean	isSupported() MagicDraw calls this method to identify if this plugin is supported.
(package private) void	setDescriptor(PluginDescriptor descriptor) Sets plugin descriptor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Plugin

public Plugin()

Method Detail

getDescriptor

public PluginDescriptor getDescriptor()

Returns plugin descriptor.

Returns:

plugin descriptor.

setDescriptor

void setDescriptor(PluginDescriptor descriptor)

Sets plugin descriptor.

Parameters:

descriptor - the plugin descriptor.

init

public abstract void init()

Plugin initialization method. Every plugin must override this method and do any action related to plugin initialization. For example registers actions configurators to MagicDraw application. This method is called by MagicDraw application during MagicDraw startup.

close

public abstract boolean close()

MagicDraw calls this method before exiting the application. If at least one plugin returns 'false', MagicDraw application will not exit. Override this method and do any exit specific action(your plugin state saving and etc).

Returns:

true, if plugin can be closed normally; false, if plugin cannot be closed and MagicDraw application can not exit.

isSupported

public abstract boolean isSupported()

MagicDraw calls this method to identify if this plugin is supported. Plugin is initialized and started only if this method returns true. Override this method to check specific conditions for the plugin supportability.

Returns:

true, if plugin is supported; false, if plugin is not supported.