org.gradle.api.plugins

Interface PluginContainer

All Superinterfaces:

Collection<Plugin>, DomainObjectCollection<Plugin>, DomainObjectSet<Plugin>, Iterable<Plugin>, PluginCollection<Plugin>, Set<Plugin>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultProjectsPluginContainer

public interface PluginContainer
extends PluginCollection<Plugin>

A PluginContainer is used to manage a set of Plugin instances applied to a particular project.

Plugins can be specified using either an id or type. The id of a plugin is specified using a META-INF/gradle-plugins/${id}.properties classpath resource.

Author:

Hans Dockter

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends Plugin> T	apply(Class<T> type) Applies a plugin to the project.
Plugin	apply(String id) Has the same behavior as apply(Class) except that the the plugin is specified via its id.
<T extends Plugin> T	findPlugin(Class<T> type) Returns the plugin for the given type.
Plugin	findPlugin(String id) Returns the plugin for the given id.
<T extends Plugin> T	getAt(Class<T> type) Returns a plugin with the specified type if this plugin has been used in the project.
Plugin	getAt(String id) Returns a plugin with the specified id if this plugin has been used in the project.
<T extends Plugin> T	getPlugin(Class<T> type) Returns a plugin with the specified type if this plugin has been used in the project.
Plugin	getPlugin(String id) Returns a plugin with the specified id if this plugin has been used in the project.
boolean	hasPlugin(Class<? extends Plugin> type) Returns true if the container has a plugin with the given type, false otherwise.
boolean	hasPlugin(String id) Returns true if the container has a plugin with the given id, false otherwise.

Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.plugins.PluginCollection

matching, matching, whenPluginAdded, whenPluginAdded, withType

Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.DomainObjectSet

findAll

Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.DomainObjectCollection

all, all, whenObjectAdded, whenObjectAdded, whenObjectRemoved, whenObjectRemoved, withType, withType

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Set

add, addAll, clear, contains, containsAll, equals, hashCode, isEmpty, iterator, remove, removeAll, retainAll, size, toArray, toArray

Method Detail

apply

Plugin apply(String id)

Has the same behavior as apply(Class) except that the the plugin is specified via its id. Not all plugins have an id.

Parameters:

id - The id of the plugin to be applied.

Returns:

The plugin which has been used against the project.

apply

<T extends Plugin> T apply(Class<T> type)

Applies a plugin to the project. This usually means that the plugin uses the project API to add and modify the state of the project. This method can be called an arbitrary number of times for a particular plugin type. The plugin will be actually used only the first time this method is called.

Parameters:

type - The type of the plugin to be used

Returns:

The plugin which has been used against the project.

hasPlugin

boolean hasPlugin(String id)

Returns true if the container has a plugin with the given id, false otherwise.

Parameters:

id - The id of the plugin

hasPlugin

boolean hasPlugin(Class<? extends Plugin> type)

Returns true if the container has a plugin with the given type, false otherwise.

Parameters:

type - The type of the plugin

findPlugin

Plugin findPlugin(String id)

Returns the plugin for the given id.

Parameters:

id - The id of the plugin

Returns:

the plugin or null if no plugin for the given id exists.

findPlugin

<T extends Plugin> T findPlugin(Class<T> type)

Returns the plugin for the given type.

Parameters:

type - The type of the plugin

Returns:

the plugin or null if no plugin for the given type exists.

getPlugin

Plugin getPlugin(String id)
                 throws UnknownPluginException

Returns a plugin with the specified id if this plugin has been used in the project.

Parameters:

id - The id of the plugin

Throws:

UnknownPluginException - When there is no plugin with the given id.

getPlugin

<T extends Plugin> T getPlugin(Class<T> type)
                           throws UnknownPluginException

Returns a plugin with the specified type if this plugin has been used in the project.

Parameters:

type - The type of the plugin

Throws:

UnknownPluginException - When there is no plugin with the given type.

getAt

Plugin getAt(String id)
             throws UnknownPluginException

Returns a plugin with the specified id if this plugin has been used in the project. You can use the Groovy [] operator to call this method from a build script.

Parameters:

id - The id of the plugin

Throws:

UnknownPluginException - When there is no plugin with the given id.

getAt

<T extends Plugin> T getAt(Class<T> type)
                       throws UnknownPluginException

Returns a plugin with the specified type if this plugin has been used in the project. You can use the Groovy [] operator to call this method from a build script.

Parameters:

type - The type of the plugin

Throws:

UnknownPluginException - When there is no plugin with the given type.