org.apache.flink.core.plugin

Interface PluginFinder

All Known Implementing Classes:

DirectoryBasedPluginFinder

public interface PluginFinder

Implementations of this interface provide mechanisms to locate plugins and create corresponding PluginDescriptor objects. The result can then be used to initialize a PluginLoader.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<PluginDescriptor>	findPlugins() Find plugins and return a corresponding collection of PluginDescriptor instances.

Method Detail

findPlugins

Collection<PluginDescriptor> findPlugins()
                                  throws IOException

Find plugins and return a corresponding collection of PluginDescriptor instances.

Returns:

a collection of PluginDescriptor instances for all found plugins.

Throws:

IOException - thrown if a problem occurs during plugin search.