public class PluginRunner
extends Object

Since:

20110925 The PluginRunner is a command line utility that will provide a mechanism to extend the core functionality of SeqWare Pipeline in a more organized way then the current collection of Perl and other utilities used haphazardly in this subproject. The idea is that core SeqWare Pipeline functionality should be implemented in Java and packaged as a single jar file making the code more self-contained and easier to package up and install. This class is the browser and caller for plugins that are designed to extend the functionality of SeqWare pipeline. These include everything from utilities that uncompress and install workflow bundles, to the runner that calls modules, and to utilities designed to query the metadb and perform some utility such as deleting processing events and cleaning up files. Unlike the modules (ModuleInterface), plugins are intended to be written by core SeqWare Pipeline developers and to exist within the source repository of the project not loaded from external jar files. Also unlike the module runner (Runner) this plugin runner does not save any state to the MetaDB, it's up to the plugin to do that but a metadata object (of the type specified in the users SEQWARE_SETTINGS file) is handed off to the plugin for its use.

Version:

$Id: $Id

Author:

briandoconnor@gmail.com