Interface Plugin.Engine.Target

All Known Implementing Classes:

Plugin.Engine.Target.Discarding, Plugin.Engine.Target.ForFolder, Plugin.Engine.Target.ForJarFile, Plugin.Engine.Target.InMemory

Enclosing interface:

Plugin.Engine

public static interface Plugin.Engine.Target

A target for a plugin engine represents a sink container for all elements that are supplied by a Plugin.Engine.Source.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static enum	Plugin.Engine.Target.Discarding	A sink that discards any entry.
static class	Plugin.Engine.Target.ForFolder	Represents a folder as the target for a plugin engine's application.
static class	Plugin.Engine.Target.ForJarFile	Represents a jar file as a target.
static class	Plugin.Engine.Target.InMemory	A sink that stores all elements in a memory map.
static interface	Plugin.Engine.Target.Sink	A sink represents an active writing process.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Plugin.Engine.Target.Sink	write(Manifest manifest)	Initializes this target prior to writing.

Method Details

write

Plugin.Engine.Target.Sink write(@MaybeNull
 Manifest manifest)
                         throws IOException

Initializes this target prior to writing.

Parameters:

manifest - The manifest for the target or null if no manifest was found.

Returns:

The sink to write to.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.