pf4j/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/DefaultPluginFactory.java

/*
 * Copyright 2014 Decebal Suiu
 *
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 *
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package org.pf4j;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;

/**
 * The default implementation for {@link PluginFactory}.
 * It uses {@link Class#newInstance()} method.
 *
 * @author Decebal Suiu
 */
public class DefaultPluginFactory implements PluginFactory {

    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultExtensionFactory.class);

    /**
     * Creates a plugin instance. If an error occurs than that error is logged and the method returns null.
     * @param pluginWrapper
     * @return
     */
    @Override
    public Plugin create(final PluginWrapper pluginWrapper) {
        String pluginClassName = pluginWrapper.getDescriptor().getPluginClass();
        log.debug("Create instance for plugin '{}'", pluginClassName);

        Class<?> pluginClass;
        try {
            pluginClass = pluginWrapper.getPluginClassLoader().loadClass(pluginClassName);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
            return null;
        }

        // once we have the class, we can do some checks on it to ensure
        // that it is a valid implementation of a plugin.
        int modifiers = pluginClass.getModifiers();
        if (Modifier.isAbstract(modifiers) || Modifier.isInterface(modifiers)
                || (!Plugin.class.isAssignableFrom(pluginClass))) {
            log.error("The plugin class '{}' is not valid", pluginClassName);
            return null;
        }

        // create the plugin instance
        try {
            Constructor<?> constructor = pluginClass.getConstructor(PluginWrapper.class);
            return (Plugin) constructor.newInstance(pluginWrapper);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
        }

        return null;
    }

}