Method loadPlugins

src/utils/PluginLoader.java:136–154

Searches the class path for implementations of the given type, returning a list of all plugins that were found Note: If you want to load JARs dynamically, you need to call #loadJAR or #loadJARs methods with the proper file or directory first, otherwise this will only searc

(final Class<T> type)

   * instantiated
   */
  public static <T> List<T> loadPlugins(final Class<T> type) {
    ServiceLoader<T> serviceLoader = ServiceLoader.load(type);
    Iterator<T> it = serviceLoader.iterator();
    if (!it.hasNext()) {
      LOG.warn("Unable to locate any plugins of the type: " + type.getName());
      return null;
    }
    
    ArrayList<T> plugins = new ArrayList<T>();
    while(it.hasNext()) {
      plugins.add(it.next());
    }
    if (plugins.size() > 0) {
      return plugins;
    }
    
    LOG.warn("Unable to locate plugins for type: " + type.getName());
    return null;
  }
  
  /**
   * Attempts to load the given jar into the class path