<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 – An optional 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.

• schemaVersion – A required attribute of type schemaVersion, which is the version of the plug-in XML schema being used. The only permitted values are 5.0 and 5.1.

  The 5.1 version of the schema is backward compatible with the 5.0 version.

• previousVersion – An optional attribute that is 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 – A required string that has the following value:

  http://www.sun.com/schema/SPS

• xmlns:xsi – A required string that has the following value:

  http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance

• xsi:schemaLocation – An optional string that has the following recommended value:

  http://www.sun.com/schema/SPS plugin.xsd

Child Elements of the <plugin> Element

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

• <readme> – Optional path to the readme file written by the plug-in author

• <serverPluginJAR> – Optional path to the JAR file that contains server-side plug-in code to run on the master server

• <gui> – 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.