pluginmanager.java

It is all about project scheduling. GanttProject is a tool for creating a project schedule by means

package net.sourceforge.ganttproject.plugins;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import net.sourceforge.ganttproject.chart.Chart;
import net.sourceforge.ganttproject.export.Exporter;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtensionRegistry;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;

/**
 * Very basic Plugin Manager
 * @author bbaranne
 *
 */
public class PluginManager {

    private static final String EXTENSION_POINT_ID_CHART = "net.sourceforge.ganttproject.chart";

    private static final String EXTENSION_POINT_ID_EXPORTER = "net.sourceforge.ganttproject.exporter";

    private Chart[] myCharts;

    private Exporter[] myExporters;

    public Object[] getExtensions(Class extensionPointInterface) {
        String extensionPointID = extensionPointInterface.getName();
        return getExtensions(extensionPointID, extensionPointInterface);
    }
    
    public Object[] getExtensions(String extensionPointID, Class extensionPointInterface) {
        IExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry = Platform.getExtensionRegistry();
        IConfigurationElement[] configElements = extensionRegistry
                .getConfigurationElementsFor(extensionPointID);
        
        ArrayList extensions = new ArrayList();
        for (int i = 0; i < configElements.length; i++) {
            try {
                Object nextExtension = configElements[i]
                        .createExecutableExtension("class");
                assert nextExtension!=null && extensionPointInterface.isAssignableFrom(nextExtension.getClass());
                extensions.add(nextExtension);
            } catch (CoreException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return extensions.toArray((Object[])Array.newInstance(extensionPointInterface, 0));
        
    }
    
    public Chart[] getCharts() {
        if (myCharts == null) {
            myCharts = (Chart[]) getExtensions(EXTENSION_POINT_ID_CHART, Chart.class);
        }
        return myCharts;
    }

    public Exporter[] getExporters() {
        if (myExporters == null) {
            myExporters = (Exporter[]) getExtensions(EXTENSION_POINT_ID_EXPORTER, Exporter.class);
        }
        return myExporters;

    }
}