PluginFragment

All Superinterfaces:

Documentable<PluginFragment>, Identity, UniqueIdentity

All Known Implementing Classes:

MockPluginFragment
```
public interface PluginFragment
extends UniqueIdentity, Documentable<PluginFragment>
```
Interface to get access to main information about plug-in fragment. This does not include information about libraries, extensions and extension points, defined in this fragment, such information is available as part of plug-in, to which this fragment contributes.
Plug-in fragment UID is a combination of plug-in fragment ID and version identifier that is unique within whole set of registered plug-ins and fragments.

Version:

$Id$

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.net.URL`	`getLocation()`
`MatchingRule`	`getMatchingRule()`
`java.lang.String`	`getPluginId()`
`Version`	`getPluginVersion()`
`PluginRegistry`	`getRegistry()`
`java.lang.String`	`getVendor()`
`Version`	`getVersion()`
`boolean`	`matches(PluginDescriptor descr)`	Checks is this fragment may contribute to given plug-in.

Methods inherited from interface org.java.plugin.registry.Documentable
getDocsPath, getDocumentation

Methods inherited from interface org.java.plugin.registry.Identity
getId

Methods inherited from interface org.java.plugin.registry.UniqueIdentity
getUniqueId

- Method Detail
  - getVendor
```
java.lang.String getVendor()
```
    Returns:
    
    vendor as specified in manifest file or empty string
  - getVersion
```
Version getVersion()
```
    Returns:
    
    plug-in fragment version identifier as specified in manifest file
  - getPluginId
```
java.lang.String getPluginId()
```
    Returns:
    
    ID of plug-in to which this fragment may contribute
  - getPluginVersion
```
Version getPluginVersion()
```
    Returns:
    
    version identifier of plug-in to which this fragment may contribute or null if no version specified in manifest
  - getRegistry
```
PluginRegistry getRegistry()
```
    Returns:
    
    plug-ins registry
  - matches
```
boolean matches(PluginDescriptor descr)
```
    Checks is this fragment may contribute to given plug-in.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descr - plug-in descriptor
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this fragment may contribute to given plug-in
  - getMatchingRule
```
MatchingRule getMatchingRule()
```
    Returns:
    
    the match rule as it specified in manifest
  - getLocation
```
java.net.URL getLocation()
```
    Returns:
    
    location from which this fragment was registered