net.sourceforge.openstego.util
Class PluginManager

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.openstego.util.PluginManager

public class PluginManager
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class to load and manage the available stego plugins

Method Summary

static OpenStegoPlugin	getDefaultPlugin() Method to get the default plugin
static OpenStegoPlugin	getPluginByName(java.lang.String name) Method to get the plugin object based on the name of the plugin
static java.util.List	getPluginNames() Method to get the list of names of the loaded plugins
static java.util.List	getPlugins() Method to get the list of the loaded plugins
static void	loadPlugins() Method to load the stego plugin classes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

loadPlugins

public static void loadPlugins()
                        throws OpenStegoException

Method to load the stego plugin classes

Throws:

OpenStegoException

getPluginNames

public static java.util.List getPluginNames()

Method to get the list of names of the loaded plugins

Returns:

List of names of the loaded plugins

getPlugins

public static java.util.List getPlugins()

Method to get the list of the loaded plugins

Returns:

List of the loaded plugins

getPluginByName

public static OpenStegoPlugin getPluginByName(java.lang.String name)

Method to get the plugin object based on the name of the plugin

Parameters:

name - Name of the plugin

Returns:

Plugin object

getDefaultPlugin

public static OpenStegoPlugin getDefaultPlugin()

Method to get the default plugin

Returns:

Default plugin object