Chapter 26. Plug-in developer

Table of Contents

26.1. How to organize your plug-in project
26.1.1. Using Ant
Directory and file layout
The build file
Building the plug-in
26.1.2. Make the plug-in compatible with the auto-installation wizard
Installing plug-in configurations
26.2. The Plug-in API
26.2.1. The main plug-in interfaces
The net.sf.basedb.core.plugin.Plugin interface
The net.sf.basedb.core.plugin.InteractivePlugin interface
26.2.2. How the BASE core interacts with the plug-in when...
Installing a plug-in
Configuring a plug-in
Checking if a plug-in can be used in a given context
Creating a new job
Executing a job
26.2.3. Abort a running a plug-in
26.2.4. Using custom JSP pages for parameter input
26.3. Import plug-ins
26.3.1. Autodetect file formats
The net.sf.basedb.core.plugin.AutoDetectingImporter interface
Call sequence during autodetection
26.3.2. The AbstractFlatFileImporter superclass
Configure by example
26.4. Export plug-ins
26.4.1. Immediate download of exported data
The ImmediateDownloadExporter interface
The ExportOutputStream class
Call sequence during immediate download
26.4.2. The AbstractExporterPlugin class
26.5. Analysis plug-ins
26.5.1. The AbstractAnalysisPlugin class
26.5.2. The AnalysisFilterPlugin interface
26.6. Other plug-ins
26.6.1. File unpacker plug-ins
26.6.2. File packer plug-ins
26.7. How BASE load plug-in classes
26.8. Example plug-ins (with download)