JPlugman

JPlugman is a plugin manager that can be used in modular Java projects. Its main features are :

• hot-swapping : a plugin can be added/removed/updated while the application is running.
• dependency management : requirement provided by a plugin can be used by the main application but also by other plugins.
• simple packaging : plugins are zip files.

This module is released under MIT license.

Components

• Plugin : this is the main interface for all plugins. The plugins are loaded in their own ModuleLayer
• Application : The main application to which the plugins will be plugged to
• PluginManager : Used to load and unload plugins. It takes care of dependencies between plugins as well as compatibility with the application

How to use

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Dependencies and obsolescence

When adding or removing a bundle (which might contain several plugins) the plugin manager might call the methods Application#plugService and Application#unplugService several times.

This is because the plugin manager takes care of dependencies between plugins as well as obsolete plugins.

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