Used to extend the main menu of the main window. More...

Inheritance diagram for BinNavi.API.plugins.IMainWindowMenuPlugin:

Public Member Functions
long	getGuid ()
	The GUID of the plugin.
String	getName ()
	The name of the plugin.
void	init (PluginInterface pluginInterface)
	Initializes the plugin.
void	unload ()
	Unloads the plugin.
Package Functions
List< JMenuItem >	extendPluginMenu ()
	Extends the main window main menu.
String	getDescription ()
	The description of the plugin.

Detailed Description

This interface can be implemented by all plugins that want to extend the main menu of main windows.

Member Function Documentation

List<JMenuItem> BinNavi.API.plugins.IMainWindowMenuPlugin.extendPluginMenu ( ) [package]

Returns the components that should be added to the main menu of the main window.

If you do not want to extend the plugin menu in any way, please make sure to return an empty list. Returning null is invalid.

Returns:: A list of components that are added to the plugin menu.

String BinNavi.API.plugins.IPlugin.getDescription ( ) [package, inherited]

Returns a description of the plugin. This description is used in the plugin configuration dialog to let the user know what the plugin does.

Returns:: The description of the plugin.

long BinNavi.API.plugins.IPlugin.getGuid ( ) [inherited]

Returns a unique GUID that identifies the plugin. Plugins with duplicate GUIDs will not be loaded.

Returns:: The GUID that identifies the plugin.

String BinNavi.API.plugins.IPlugin.getName ( ) [inherited]

Returns the name of the plugin. This name is used in the plugin configuration dialog to let the user select what plugin to configure.

Note that plugins that return null from this function will not be loaded.

Returns:: The name of the plugin.

void BinNavi.API.plugins.IPlugin.init ( PluginInterface pluginInterface ) [inherited]

The plugin manager calls this function for each plugin right after loading a plugin for the first time.

Note that this function should be used to initialize the plugin. Do not use the constructor of the plugin to initialize plugin.

Further note that all plugins must have a standard constructor that does not take any arguments. Only this constructor is used to load a plugin.

Parameters:

pluginInterface

The plugin interface that gives a plugin access to BinNavi.

void BinNavi.API.plugins.IPlugin.unload ( ) [inherited]

This function is called when the plugin is unloaded. Plugins that actively changed the appearance of BinNavi (for example by adding menus or showing dialogs) must remove all changes in this function.

BinNavi.API.plugins.IMainWindowMenuPlugin Interface Reference

Public Member Functions

Package Functions

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation