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019package org.apache.wiki.api.plugin;
020
021import java.util.Locale;
022import org.apache.wiki.api.core.Context;
023import org.apache.wiki.api.exceptions.PluginException;
024
025import java.util.Map;
026
027
028/**
029 *  Defines an interface for plugins.  Any instance of a wiki plugin should implement this interface.
030 */
031public interface Plugin {
032
033    /** Name of the default plugin resource bundle. */
034    String CORE_PLUGINS_RESOURCEBUNDLE = "plugin.PluginResources";
035
036    /**
037     *  This is the main entry point for any plugin.  The parameters are parsed, and a special parameter called "_body" signifies the name
038     *  of the plugin body, i.e. the part of the plugin that is not a parameter of the form "key=value".  This has been separated using an
039     *  empty line.
040     *  <P>
041     *  Note that it is preferred that the plugin returns XHTML-compliant HTML (i.e. close all tags, use &lt;br /&gt; instead of
042     *  &lt;br&gt;, etc.
043     *
044     *  @param context The current WikiContext.
045     *  @param params  A Map which contains key-value pairs.  Any parameter that the user has specified on the
046     *                 wiki page will contain String-String parameters, but it is possible that at some future date,
047     *                 JSPWiki will give you other things that are not Strings.
048     *  @return HTML, ready to be included into the rendered page.
049     *  @throws PluginException In case anything goes wrong.
050     */
051    String execute( Context context, Map< String, String > params ) throws PluginException;
052
053    /**
054     * Provides the ability for a plugin to provide a suggestion or template
055     * for execution within a wiki page. Default returns just the FQCN of the 
056     * plugin, which should enable it to fire off, however no parameters are 
057     * provided in this case. Override it to provide example inputs to aid users
058     * with configuring your plugin.
059     * 
060     * Example: com.company.Plugin inputParamter='test'
061     * 
062     * @since 3.0.0
063     * @return String
064     */
065    default String getSnipExample() {
066        return this.getClass().getCanonicalName();
067    }
068    /**
069     * Provides the ability for a plugin to provide it's display name that 
070     * is visible via the [{}] autocomplete/suggestion mechanism within the 
071     * editor.Example: Calls My Custom plugin 
072     * 
073     *
074     * @param locale 
075     * @since 3.0.0
076     * @return String
077     */
078    default String getDisplayName(Locale locale) {
079        return this.getClass().getSimpleName();
080    }
081    
082}