processing.app.contrib

Class ToolContribution

Object

Contribution

LocalContribution

ToolContribution

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<ToolContribution>, Runnable, Tool

public class ToolContribution
extends LocalContribution
implements Tool, Comparable<ToolContribution>

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class Contribution

Contribution.Filter

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class LocalContribution

DELETION_FLAG, RESTART_FLAG, UPDATE_FLAGGED

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	clearClassLoader() Method to close the ClassLoader so that the archives are no longer "locked" and a tool can be removed without restart.
int	compareTo(ToolContribution o)
String	getMenuTitle()
File	getReferenceIndexFile() Returns the object stored in the referenceFile field, which contains an instance of the file object representing the index file of the reference
ContributionType	getType()
boolean	hasReference() Tests whether the reference's index file indicated by referenceFile exists.
void	init(Base base)
static ToolContribution	load(File folder)
static List<ToolContribution>	loadAll(File toolsFolder)
void	run()

Methods inherited from class LocalContribution

getFolder, getId, getImports, getLatestVersion, initLoader, isInstalled

Methods inherited from class Contribution

equals, getAuthorList, getBenignVersion, getLastUpdated, getMaxRevision, getMinRevision, getName, getParagraph, getPrettyVersion, getSentence, getTypeName, getUrl, getVersion, hashCode, isCompatible, isFoundation, loadProperties, loadProperties, setPrettyVersion

Methods inherited from class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

load

public static ToolContribution load(File folder)

clearClassLoader

public void clearClassLoader()

Method to close the ClassLoader so that the archives are no longer "locked" and a tool can be removed without restart.

loadAll

public static List<ToolContribution> loadAll(File toolsFolder)

init

public void init(Base base)

Specified by:

init in interface Tool

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

Specified by:

run in interface Tool

getMenuTitle

public String getMenuTitle()

Specified by:

getMenuTitle in interface Tool

getType

public ContributionType getType()

Specified by:

getType in class Contribution

getReferenceIndexFile

public File getReferenceIndexFile()

Returns the object stored in the referenceFile field, which contains an instance of the file object representing the index file of the reference

Returns:

referenceFile

hasReference

public boolean hasReference()

Tests whether the reference's index file indicated by referenceFile exists.

Returns:

true if and only if the file denoted by referenceFile exists; false otherwise.

compareTo

public int compareTo(ToolContribution o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<ToolContribution>