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This is a plugin loading library. Its main purpose is to load extension point implementations from provided plugins.

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package org.meridor.stecker.interfaces;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Knows about extension points and implementations for all plugins
 */
public interface ImplementationsAware extends PluginImplementationsAware {


    /**
     * Returns a list of extension points having implementations in current plugin
     *
     * @param pluginName name of plugin to process
     * @return a list of extension points
     */
    List getExtensionPoints(String pluginName);

    /**
     * Returns classes implementing extension point
     *
     * @param pluginName     name of plugin to process
     * @param extensionPoint extension point class
     * @return a list of implementation classes
     */
    List getImplementations(String pluginName, Class extensionPoint);

}