Interface PluginDescriptor

Lightweight metadata about a Plugin hosted in a PluginRepository, returned by PluginRepository.getPlugins without requiring the plugin module to be loaded.

interface PluginDescriptor {
    extensionPoints: string[];
    pluginData?: ReadonlyMap<string, string>;
    pluginId: string;
}

Properties

extensionPoints: string[]

The Extension Point identifiers implemented by this Plugin. Allows PluginRepository.scanForExtensions to filter without loading each plugin module.

pluginData?: ReadonlyMap<string, string>

Optional data provided by the Plugin to the host application.

pluginId: string

ID provided by a PluginRepository to reference the Plugin. Unique within the repository.