cli@21: /*
cli@21:  *   SONEWS News Server
cli@21:  *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
cli@21:  *
cli@21:  *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
cli@21:  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
cli@21:  *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
cli@21:  *   (at your option) any later version.
cli@21:  *
cli@21:  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
cli@21:  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
cli@21:  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
cli@21:  *   GNU General Public License for more details.
cli@21:  *
cli@21:  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
cli@21:  *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
cli@21:  */
cli@21: 
cli@21: package org.sonews.plugin;
cli@21: 
cli@21: /**
cli@21:  * A generic Plugin for sonews. Implementing classes do not really add new
cli@21:  * functionality to sonews but can use this interface as convenient procedure
cli@21:  * for installing functionality plugins, e.g. Command-Plugins or Storage-Plugins.
cli@21:  * @author Christian Lins
cli@21:  * @since sonews/1.1
cli@21:  */
cli@21: public interface Plugin
cli@21: {
cli@21: 
cli@21:   /**
cli@21:    * Called when the Plugin is loaded by sonews. This method can be used
cli@21:    * by implementing classes to install additional or required plugins.
cli@21:    */
cli@21:   void load();
cli@21: 
cli@21:   /**
cli@21:    * Called when the Plugin is unloaded by sonews.
cli@21:    */
cli@21:   void unload();
cli@21: 
cli@21: }