Plugin.Engine.Target

All Known Implementing Classes:

Plugin.Engine.Target.Discarding, Plugin.Engine.Target.ForFolder, Plugin.Engine.Target.ForJarFile, Plugin.Engine.Target.InMemory

Enclosing interface:

Plugin.Engine
```
public static interface Plugin.Engine.Target
```
A target for a plugin engine represents a sink container for all elements that are supplied by a Plugin.Engine.Source.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static class`	`Plugin.Engine.Target.Discarding`	A sink that discards any entry.
`static class`	`Plugin.Engine.Target.ForFolder`	Represents a folder as the target for a plugin engine's application.
`static class`	`Plugin.Engine.Target.ForJarFile`	Represents a jar file as a target.
`static class`	`Plugin.Engine.Target.InMemory`	A sink that stores all elements in a memory map.
`static interface`	`Plugin.Engine.Target.Sink`	A sink represents an active writing process.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Plugin.Engine.Target.Sink`	`write(java.util.jar.Manifest manifest)`	Initializes this target prior to writing.

- Method Detail
  - write
```
Plugin.Engine.Target.Sink write(@MaybeNull
                                java.util.jar.Manifest manifest)
                         throws java.io.IOException
```
    Initializes this target prior to writing.
    
    Parameters:
    
    manifest - The manifest for the target or null if no manifest was found.
    
    Returns:
    
    The sink to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - If an I/O error occurs.