icy.plugin.interface_

Interface PluginDaemon

All Superinterfaces:

PluginStartAsThread, PluginThreaded, java.lang.Runnable

public interface PluginDaemon
extends PluginThreaded

Plugin Daemon interface.
Daemon plugin are automatically loaded when the application is started.
Icy will always execute them in a separate thread for safety so the interface extends PluginThreaded.
They can be enabled / disabled from the Icy preferences window.

Author:

Stephane

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	init() Called by Icy to initialize the daemon plugin (init singleton, register listeners...)
void	run() Called by Icy to execute the daemon plugin.
void	stop() Called by Icy to stop the daemon plugin.

Method Detail

init

void init()

Called by Icy to initialize the daemon plugin (init singleton, register listeners...)
This method is synchronous and should not consume too much time.

run

void run()

Called by Icy to execute the daemon plugin.
This method is executed in a separate thread and should not return until stop() is called.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

stop

void stop()

Called by Icy to stop the daemon plugin.
After this method has been called, the run() should terminate.
The method is also used to "uninitialize" plugin (unregister listeners).
This method is synchronous and should not consume too much time.