public interface SciJavaPlugin

Top-level interface for plugins. Plugins discoverable at runtime must implement this interface and be annotated with @Plugin.

What all plugins have in common is that they are declared using an annotation (@Plugin), and discovered if present on the classpath at runtime.

The core types of plugins are as follows:

• App - metadata about a SciJava application.
• Command - plugins that are executable. These plugins typically perform a discrete operation, and are accessible via the application menus.
• ConsoleArgument - plugins that handle arguments passed to the application as command line parameters.
• Converter - plugins which translate objects between data types.
• Display - plugins that visualize objects, often used to display module outputs.
• IOPlugin - plugins that read or write data.
• PreprocessorPlugin - plugins that perform preprocessing on modules. A preprocessor plugin is a discoverable ModulePreprocessor.
• PostprocessorPlugin - plugins that perform postprocessing on modules. A PostprocessorPlugin is a discoverable ModulePostprocessor.
• Platform - plugins for defining platform-specific behavior.
• ScriptLanguage - plugins that enable executing scripts in particular languages as SciJava modules.
• Service - plugins that define new API in a particular area.
• Tool - plugins that map user input (e.g., keyboard and mouse actions) to behavior. They are usually rendered as icons in the application toolbar.
• InputWidget - plugins that render UI widgets for the InputHarvester preprocessor.