Package org.xwiki.extension

Interface RemoteExtension

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Extension>, Extension

All Known Subinterfaces:

IndexedExtension, RatingExtension

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRatingExtension, AbstractRemoteExtension, WrappingIndexedExtension, WrappingRatingExtension, WrappingRemoteExtension

public interface RemoteExtension
extends Extension

An extension that come from a remote extensions repository.

A remote extension repository is any repository which is not one of the repository listed in ExtensionRepositoryManager. It means it could be a Maven repository targeting some file:///my/repository/path for example.

Since:

8.3RC1

Version:

$Id: d0513235bb540484d3dc7a36def20ced0f045379 $

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	FIELD_RECOMMENDED

Fields inherited from interface org.xwiki.extension.Extension

FIELD_ALLOWEDNAMESPACE, FIELD_ALLOWEDNAMESPACES, FIELD_AUTHOR, FIELD_AUTHORS, FIELD_CATEGORY, FIELD_COMPONENT, FIELD_COMPONENTS, FIELD_DEPENDENCIES, FIELD_DESCRIPTION, FIELD_EXTENSIONFEATURE, FIELD_EXTENSIONFEATURES, FIELD_FEATURE, FIELD_FEATURES, FIELD_ID, FIELD_ISSUEMANAGEMENT, FIELD_LICENSE, FIELD_LICENSES, FIELD_MANAGEDDEPENDENCIES, FIELD_NAME, FIELD_NAMESPACES, FIELD_PROPERTIES, FIELD_REPOSITORIES, FIELD_REPOSITORY, FIELD_SCM, FIELD_SUMMARY, FIELD_TYPE, FIELD_VERSION, FIELD_WEBSITE, IKEYPREFIX

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default boolean	isRecommended()	Indicate if the extension is recommended by the repository where it come from.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.xwiki.extension.Extension

get, getAllowedNamespaces, getAuthors, getCategory, getComponents, getDependencies, getDescription, getExtensionFeature, getExtensionFeatures, getFeatures, getFile, getId, getIssueManagement, getLicenses, getManagedDependencies, getName, getProperties, getProperty, getProperty, getRepositories, getRepository, getScm, getSummary, getType, getWebSite

Field Detail

FIELD_RECOMMENDED

static final String FIELD_RECOMMENDED

See Also:

isRecommended(), Constant Field Values

Method Detail

isRecommended

default boolean isRecommended()

Indicate if the extension is recommended by the repository where it come from.

What "recommended" exactly means depend on the repository giving this information.

For example on http://extensions.xwiki.org the meaning is the extension is known to be of good quality and still officially supported by its author.

Returns:

true if the extension is recommended