ExternalConfigHandler (docker-maven-plugin 0.40.3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DockerComposeConfigHandler, PropertyConfigHandler
```
public interface ExternalConfigHandler
```
Interface which needs to be implemented to create image configurations from external sources

Since:

18/11/14

Author:

roland

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getType()`	Get the unique type of this plugin as referenced with the `<type>` tag within a `<reference>` configuration section
`List<ImageConfiguration>`	`resolve(ImageConfiguration unresolvedConfig, org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject project, org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession session)`	For the given plugin configuration (which also contains the type) extract one or more `ImageConfiguration` objects describing the image to manage

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
String getType()
```
    Get the unique type of this plugin as referenced with the <type> tag within a <reference> configuration section
    
    Returns:
    
    plugin type
  - resolve
```
List<ImageConfiguration> resolve(ImageConfiguration unresolvedConfig,
                                 org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject project,
                                 org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession session)
                          throws ExternalConfigHandlerException
```
    For the given plugin configuration (which also contains the type) extract one or more ImageConfiguration objects describing the image to manage
    
    Parameters:
    
    unresolvedConfig - the original, unresolved config
    
    project - maven project
    
    session - maven session
    
    Returns:
    
    list of image configuration. Must not be null but can be empty.
    
    Throws:
    
    ExternalConfigHandlerException - if there is a problem resolving the image configuration