IEnginesPlugin
implements IPlugin| com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.IEnginesPlugin |
 Known Indirect Subclasses
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Class Overview
Interface for standard JEB engines plugin. Engines plugins run within an engines context (JEB back-end). They can register for events and act on those events. They are meant to perform background tasks to enhance an analysis context. Engines plugins, unlike unit plugins, should not be designed to identify and process input artifacts.
Engines plugins may be written as:
- compiled plugins: they are Jar archives dropped in the JEB plugins folder
- script plugins: they are written in Java or Python and dropped in the scripts sub-directory
of the JEB plugins folder. Script plugins are reloaded by JEB when a change is detected. However,
the
load()method is not called again when a script plugin changed and was reloaded. (loadmethods are called when JEB is starting up and loading plugins Therefore, while developing script plugins, you may have to consider callingloadfrom withinexecute.)
Life-cycle: engines plugins are instantiated once.
Engines plugins are retrievable via getEnginesPlugins().
In the GUI client, engines plugins may be executed via the File menu, command Plugins, Execute an Engines Plugin.
Summary
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| abstract void |
execute(IEnginesContext context)
Same as
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| abstract void |
execute(IEnginesContext context, Map<String, String> executionOptions)
Execute the plugin code within a given engines context.
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| abstract List<? extends IOptionDefinition> |
getExecutionOptionDefinitions()
Retrieve a list of option definitions.
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| abstract void |
load(IEnginesContext context)
This method is called by the owner
context exactly once, just after
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From interface
com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.IPlugin
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Public Methods
public abstract void execute (IEnginesContext context)
Same as execute(context, null).
Parameters
| context | the context in which this plugin executes (never null) |
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public abstract void execute (IEnginesContext context, Map<String, String> executionOptions)
Execute the plugin code within a given engines context. Plugin writers should consider this as the execution entry-point.
This method is optional and serves to execute on-demand calls, usually triggered by a client
via the software front-end. Plugins may decide to start their workload in
load(IEnginesContext).
Parameters
| context | the context in which this plugin executes (never null) |
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| executionOptions | optional execution options provided by the caller; the list of
options that could be provided is specified by
getExecutionOptionDefinitions()
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public abstract List<? extends IOptionDefinition> getExecutionOptionDefinitions ()
Retrieve a list of option definitions.
Returns
- optional list of option definitions
public abstract void load (IEnginesContext context)
This method is called by the owner context exactly once, just after
the engines plugin instantiation.
In the called of a script plugin that was hot-reloaded, this method is not called again See the javadoc notes above.
Parameters
| context | the context in which this plugin executes (never null) |
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