PluginProvider (Morpheus Plugin API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ApprovalProvider, AppTabProvider, BackupProvider, BackupTypeProvider, CatalogItemLayoutProvider, CloudProvider, ClusterTabProvider, CredentialProvider, CypherModuleProvider, DashboardItemTypeProvider, DashboardProvider, DNSProvider, GlobalUIComponentProvider, GuidanceRecommendationProvider, InstanceTabProvider, IPAMProvider, LocalizationProvider, NetworkProvider, NetworkTabProvider, OptionSourceProvider, PluginController, ProvisioningProvider, ReportProvider, ServerTabProvider, TaskProvider, UIExtensionProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAppTabProvider, AbstractBackupProvider, AbstractBackupTypeProvider, AbstractCatalogItemLayoutProvider, AbstractClusterTabProvider, AbstractDashboardItemTypeProvider, AbstractDashboardProvider, AbstractGlobalUIComponentProvider, AbstractInstanceTabProvider, AbstractNetworkTabProvider, AbstractOptionSourceProvider, AbstractProvisionProvider, AbstractReportProvider, AbstractServerTabProvider
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public interface PluginProvider
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All Providers implement the Plugin Extension. Different Plugins for Morpheus provide different integration endpoints. These could range from DNS, IPAM, and all the way up to Cloud Integrations. Each integration type extends this as a base interface for providing core methods.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getCode()`	A unique shortcode used for referencing the provided provider.
`MorpheusContext`	`getMorpheus()`	Returns the Morpheus Context for interacting with data stored in the Main Morpheus Application
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	Provides the provider name for reference when adding to the Morpheus Orchestrator NOTE: This may be useful to set as an i18n key for UI reference and localization support.
`Plugin`	`getPlugin()`	Returns the instance of the Plugin class that this provider is loaded from
`default boolean`	`isPlugin()`	Returns true if the Provider is a plugin.

- Method Detail
  - getMorpheus
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MorpheusContext getMorpheus()
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    Returns the Morpheus Context for interacting with data stored in the Main Morpheus Application
    
    Returns:
    
    an implementation of the MorpheusContext for running Future based rxJava queries
  - getPlugin
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Plugin getPlugin()
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    Returns the instance of the Plugin class that this provider is loaded from
    
    Returns:
    
    Plugin class contains references to other providers
  - getCode
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java.lang.String getCode()
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    A unique shortcode used for referencing the provided provider. Make sure this is going to be unique as any data that is seeded or generated related to this provider will reference it by this code.
    
    Returns:
    
    short code string that should be unique across all other plugin implementations.
  - getName
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java.lang.String getName()
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    Provides the provider name for reference when adding to the Morpheus Orchestrator NOTE: This may be useful to set as an i18n key for UI reference and localization support.
    
    Returns:
    
    either an English name of a Provider or an i18n based key that can be scanned for in a properties file.
  - isPlugin
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default boolean isPlugin()
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    Returns true if the Provider is a plugin. Always true for plugin but null or false for Morpheus internal providers.
    
    Returns:
    
    provider is plugin