Package io.openraven.magpie.api

Interface MagpiePlugin<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The configuration object class to be passed into the init(Object config, Logger logger) init} method. This is a developer-defined Jackson-serializable POJO and should be distributed with the plugin.

All Known Subinterfaces:

IntermediatePlugin<T>, OriginPlugin<T>, PolicyOutputPlugin<T>, TerminalPlugin<T>

public interface MagpiePlugin<T>

Parent interface for Magpie plugins. This interface is not meant to be directly implemented but instead developers should implement one of OriginPlugin, IntermediatePlugin, or TerminalPlugin.

Author:

Jason Nichols (jason@openraven.com)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Class<T>	configType()	The class of the configuration object passed to init(Object, Logger)
String	id()	The unique ID of the plugin.
void	init(T config, org.slf4j.Logger logger)	Initialize the plugin with a configuration and Logger interface.
default void	shutdown()

Method Details

id

String id()

The unique ID of the plugin. The name should follow the form <creator>.<service>.<plugintype>, for example "magpie.aws.discovery". Plugin type should be one

1. discovery
2. transform
3. output

Or other types that may emerge from usage.

Returns:

The unique ID of the plugin

init

void init(T config,
 org.slf4j.Logger logger)

Initialize the plugin with a configuration and Logger interface. Plugins should NOT instantiate their own logger and should instead use the provided one. Printing to stdout may break plugins or pipes relying on output in a certain schema. By default loggers print to stderr.

Parameters:

config - A configuration object for this plugin. This is a developer-defined Jackson-serializable POJO and should be distributed with the plugin.

logger - An SLF4J logger instance to be used as needed.

shutdown

default void shutdown()

configType

Class<T> configType()

The class of the configuration object passed to init(Object, Logger)

Returns: