Landon,
You are correct the purpose of the Extension classes are to install a
number of plug-ins into the workbench.
Paul
Sunburned Surveyor wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out the best way to package the "built-in" or
> "default" pluggable renderers into OpenJUMP using my pluggable
> rendering system. I think I can do this with an Extension, but I want
> to make sure that I understand the purpose of an Extension first, so I
> don't use it improperly.
>
> The JUMP Developer Guide says that: "An extension is a collection of
> classes and supporting resources that provides additional
> functionality to JUMP…The JUMP Workbench will search the JAR file for
> subclasses of Extension. (Note: They must also be named "…Extension").
> It will then call the #configure method on each Extension class if
> finds."
>
> It also contains this example:
>
> package example;
>
> import com.vividsolutions.jump.workbench.plugin.Extension;
> import com.vividsolutions.jump.workbench.plugin.PlugInContext;
>
> public class MyExtension extends Extension{
>
> public void configure(PlugInContext context) throws Exception{
> new HelloWorldPlugIn().initialize(context);
> }
> }
>
> It seems to me the purpose of the Extension Class is to provide a
> container that allows for the easy installation and configuration of a
> set of plug-ins and cursor tools. Is this correct?
>
> If this is the case I think I can use an Extension to configure and
> install my "built-in" pluggable renderers as a group.
>
> Thanks,
>
> The Sunburned Surveyor
>
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