Ticket #366 (closed Enhancement: fixed)

Opened 12 years ago

Last modified 12 years ago

Replace Interal Plugin Events by method overriding

Reported by: jri Owned by: jri
Priority: Major Milestone: Release 4.1
Component: DeepaMehta Standard Distribution Version: 4.0.12
Keywords: Cc: dgf, Malte
Complexity: 5 Area: Application Framework / API
Module: deepamehta-core

Description

It has proven too cumbersome for plugin developers that they must implement event interfaces to handle these 4 situations:

  • PLUGIN_SERVICE_ARRIVED
  • PLUGIN_SERVICE_GONE
  • INITIALIZE_PLUGIN
  • POST_INSTALL_PLUGIN

Actually the semantics of an "event" do *not* apply here. Instead these "events" are bound to a specific plugin, and no other plugin can listen to them (that's why they are called Internal Plugin Events). As a consequence these 4 should be realized as regular methods to be overriden by the specific plugin.

The distinction between regular Core Events and Internal Plugin Events should be dropped.

The 4 methods could be named

  • serviceArrived()
  • serviceGone()
  • init()
  • postInstall()

Change History

comment:1 Changed 12 years ago by Jörg Richter

Core: drop internal plugin events (#366).

BREAKING CHANGES

4 event listener interfaces are dropped:

To adapt your plugins:
1) remove respective "import"s and "implements"
2) rename listener methods:

initializePlugin() -> init()
postInstallPlugin() -> postInstall()
pluginServiceArrived() -> serviceArrived()
pluginServiceGone() -> serviceGone()

The listener method's arguments have not changed. Also @Override should remain.
These 4 former events are now declared as hook methods in the PluginActivator? base class.

See ticket 366.

comment:2 Changed 12 years ago by Jörg Richter

Core: adapt plugins to core service change (#366).

Drop internal plugin event handlers.

See ticket 366.

comment:3 Changed 12 years ago by Jörg Richter

Core: drop internal plugin events (#366).

BREAKING CHANGES

4 event listener interfaces are dropped:

To adapt your plugins:
1) remove respective "import"s and "implements"
2) rename listener methods:

initializePlugin() -> init()
postInstallPlugin() -> postInstall()
pluginServiceArrived() -> serviceArrived()
pluginServiceGone() -> serviceGone()

The listener method's arguments have not changed. Also @Override should remain.
These 4 former events are now declared as hook methods in the PluginActivator? base class.

See ticket 366.

comment:4 Changed 12 years ago by Jörg Richter

Core: adapt plugins to core service change (#366).

Drop internal plugin event handlers.

See ticket 366.

comment:5 Changed 12 years ago by Jörg Richter

Core: drop internal plugin events (#366).

BREAKING CHANGES

4 event listener interfaces are dropped:

To adapt your plugins:
1) remove respective "import"s and "implements"
2) rename listener methods:

initializePlugin() -> init()
postInstallPlugin() -> postInstall()
pluginServiceArrived() -> serviceArrived()
pluginServiceGone() -> serviceGone()

The listener method's arguments have not changed. Also @Override should remain.
These 4 former events are now declared as hook methods in the PluginActivator? base class.

See ticket 366.

comment:6 Changed 12 years ago by Jörg Richter

Core: adapt plugins to core service change (#366).

Drop internal plugin event handlers.

See ticket 366.

comment:7 Changed 12 years ago by jri

  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Resolution set to fixed

comment:8 Changed 12 years ago by Jörg Richter

Adapt to recent core service changes (#366).

Drop internal plugin event handlers.

See ticket 366.

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