Interface PluginCollection<T extends Plugin>

Type Parameters:
T - The type of plugins which this collection contains.
All Superinterfaces:
Collection<T>, DomainObjectCollection<T>, DomainObjectSet<T>, Iterable<T>, Set<T>
All Known Subinterfaces:
PluginContainer

public interface PluginCollection<T extends Plugin> extends DomainObjectSet<T>

A PluginCollection represents a collection of Plugin instances.

  • Method Details

    • matching

      PluginCollection<T> matching(Spec<? super T> spec)
      Returns a collection which contains the objects in this collection which meet the given specification. The returned collection is live, so that when matching objects are added to this collection, they are also visible in the filtered collection.
      Specified by:
      matching in interface DomainObjectCollection<T extends Plugin>
      Specified by:
      matching in interface DomainObjectSet<T extends Plugin>
      Parameters:
      spec - The specification to use.
      Returns:
      The collection of matching objects. Returns an empty collection if there are no such objects in this collection.
    • matching

      PluginCollection<T> matching(Closure closure)
      Returns a collection which contains the objects in this collection which meet the given closure specification. The returned collection is live, so that when matching objects are added to this collection, they are also visible in the filtered collection.
      Specified by:
      matching in interface DomainObjectCollection<T extends Plugin>
      Specified by:
      matching in interface DomainObjectSet<T extends Plugin>
      Parameters:
      closure - The specification to use. The closure gets a collection element as an argument.
      Returns:
      The collection of matching objects. Returns an empty collection if there are no such objects in this collection.
    • withType

      <S extends T> PluginCollection<S> withType(Class<S> type)
      Returns a collection containing the objects in this collection of the given type. The returned collection is live, so that when matching objects are later added to this collection, they are also visible in the filtered collection.
      Specified by:
      withType in interface DomainObjectCollection<T extends Plugin>
      Specified by:
      withType in interface DomainObjectSet<T extends Plugin>
      Parameters:
      type - The type of objects to find.
      Returns:
      The matching objects. Returns an empty collection if there are no such objects in this collection.
    • whenPluginAdded

      Action<? super T> whenPluginAdded(Action<? super T> action)
      Adds an Action to be executed when a plugin is added to this collection.
      Parameters:
      action - The action to be executed
      Returns:
      the supplied action
    • whenPluginAdded

      void whenPluginAdded(Closure closure)
      Adds a closure to be called when a plugin is added to this collection. The plugin is passed to the closure as the parameter.
      Parameters:
      closure - The closure to be called