diff -r 000000000000 -r 4b2c8bedb094 org/sonews/plugin/Plugin.java
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+/*
+ *   SONEWS News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.sonews.plugin;
+
+/**
+ * A generic Plugin for sonews. Implementing classes do not really add new
+ * functionality to sonews but can use this interface as convenient procedure
+ * for installing functionality plugins, e.g. Command-Plugins or Storage-Plugins.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/1.1
+ */
+public interface Plugin
+{
+
+  /**
+   * Called when the Plugin is loaded by sonews. This method can be used
+   * by implementing classes to install additional or required plugins.
+   */
+  void load();
+
+  /**
+   * Called when the Plugin is unloaded by sonews.
+   */
+  void unload();
+
+}