<plugin> Element Overview

The <plugin> element is the top-level element in the plug-in schema. The <plugin> element identifies the parts of the plug-in.

Attributes for the <plugin> Element

The <plugin> element has the following attributes:

• name – The name of the plug-in. The name attribute has a maximum length of 64. Plug-in names follow a structure similar to com.sun.solaris.

• description (optional) – The description of the plug-in.

• vendor – The provider of the plug-in.

• version – The version of the plug-in. Version numbers follow the standard x.y (major.minor) format.

• previousversion (optional) – The version of this plug-in expected to be on the system. If not specified, an initial install is assumed. If specified, the value represents the version from which the plug-in is to be upgraded.

• 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 plugin.xsd.

• schemaVersion – The version of the plug-in XML schema being used. The only value currently permitted is 5.0.

<plugin> Element Children

The <plugin> element may include the following child elements:

• <readme> (optional) – Path to readme file written by the plug-in author

• <serverPluginJAR> (optional) – Path to JAR file that contains server-side plug-in code to run on the master server

• <gui> (optional) – Optional GUI extensions for the plug-in.

• <dependencyList> (optional) – List of external plug-ins on which this plug-in depends.

• <memberList> (optional) – List of member objects to create as part of the plug-in. These member objects can include any number of folder, host type, host set, host search, component, and plan objects. These member objects can appear in any order.