4.146 Plugin Developer's Guide

Plugin types comprise the methods by which Moab may communicate with resource managers or other external components. They define all operations that can be performed for a "type" or "class" of plugins, hence the name "plugin type."

Several plugin types are provided with Moab Web Services, but it is easy to create additional plugin types and add their functionality to web services. This involves using Groovy, which is based on the Java programming language. This section describes the general guidelines and specifics of implementing new plugin types.

API classes and interfaces

There are several packages and classes available to assist in creating plugin types. These can all be found in the API documentation.

This section contains these topics:

Requirements
Dynamic Methods
Logging
i18n Messaging
Configuration
Configuration Constraints
Individual Datastore
Exposing Web Services
Reporting State Data
Controlling Lifecycle
Accessing MWS REST Resources
Creating Events and Notifications
Handling Events
Handling Exceptions
Managing SSL Connections
Utilizing Services or Custom "Helper" Classes
Packaging Plugins
Example Plugin Types