> Create a (PoC) plugin system for OFBiz based on Gradle
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> Key: OFBIZ-7972
> URL:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-7972> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: Upcoming Branch
> Reporter: Taher Alkhateeb
> Assignee: Taher Alkhateeb
> Labels: plugin, proof-of-concept, system
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> This JIRA houses the attempt to create a plugin system for OFBiz based on gradle. The plugin system should have the following features:
> - It is independent of the version control system, file system, operating system and any other environment tools surrounding OFBiz. Instead, it should be fully integrated with OFBiz.
> - It should unify the way OFBiz is extended, both for official supported plugins and for third party plugins
> - The plugin system takes advantage of the concept of a "component" in OFBiz and utilize it as the building block for plugins
> - The plugin system supports the concepts of "Repository" and "Dependency Management". If possible, the plugin system will utilize these concepts directly from Gradle instead of writing them from scratch.
> The initial API for the plugin system will be small and expands as needed. The API should include the following gradle tasks:
> - createPlugin: creates a new plugin based on templates and place it in the plugins directory
> - activatePlugin: Make an inactive plugin active (compile and start with the system).
> - deactivatePlugin: Make an active plugin inactive (does not compile nor start with the system)
> - installPlugin: either install an existing plugin in the filesystem, or download and install the plugin from a remote repository. Installation happens by running the install script which is designed by the plugin author. By default installPlugin also activates the plugin.
> - uninstallPlugin: Uninstall an already installed plugin by running its uninstall script. By default uninstallPlugin also deactivates the plugin, but does not delete it.
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