Package org.sentrysoftware.metricshub.engine.extension

Class ExtensionLoader

java.lang.Object

org.sentrysoftware.metricshub.engine.extension.ExtensionLoader

public class ExtensionLoader
extends Object

Manages the loading of extensions from a specified directory and produces an ExtensionManager. This class is responsible for finding, loading, and initializing extensions that extend the functionality of MetricsHub. The extensions are expected to be jar files located in the specified extensions directory.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ExtensionLoader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ExtensionManager	load()	Loads extensions from the extensionsDirectory and returns an ExtensionManager that wraps all the loaded extensions.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ExtensionLoader

public ExtensionLoader()

Method Details

load

public ExtensionManager load()
                      throws IOException

Loads extensions from the extensionsDirectory and returns an ExtensionManager that wraps all the loaded extensions. Extensions are loaded as JAR files and are expected to implement certain extension interfaces to be recognized and used by the system.

Returns:

An ExtensionManager containing all loaded extensions.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs reading from the directory or a JAR file.