<pluginUI> Element Overview

The <pluginUI> element enables a plug-in author to describe a limited set of functionality to appear on a custom shortcuts page. The set of functionality exposed via the shortcuts is divided into the following categories:

• Component type shortcuts:

  • List all components that extend this component type

  • Create a component that extends this component type

• Component shortcuts:

  • Manage the specified component (link to component details page)

  • List virtual and physical hosts where this component is installed

• Plan shortcuts:

  • Manage the specified plan (link to plan details page)

Attributes for the <pluginUI> Element

The <pluginUI> element has the following attributes:

• menuItem – The text to display in the menu of the browser interface. The name should be 20 characters or less in length, although the actual character limit is defined by the attribute type.

• tooltip(optional) – The tooltip to display for the menu item in the browser interface. The menuItem includes the icon, if you choose to provide an icon.

• xmlns – Required value: http://www.sun.com/schema/SPS

• xmlns:xsi – Required value: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance

• xsi:schemaLocation (optional) – Recommended value: http://www.sun.com/schema/SPS pluginUI.xsd

• schemaVersion – The version of the pluginUI.xsd schema being used. The only value currently permitted is 5.0.

<pluginUI> Child Elements

The <pluginUI> element contains the following elements:

• <icon> – Provides the path to a graphic (icon) that you want displayed within the interface for this plug-in

• <customPage> – Defines the contents of the custom page linked to by the menu item in the browser interface