Merge in GTplusplus with history

git-subtree-dir: gtpp
git-subtree-mainline: 227856cdae4dae22fca53f2dc027cac476123bd0
git-subtree-split: 75915e9e1fce7a8ee500add139b42e806e9497b5

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gtpp/src/main/java/gtPlusPlus/api/interfaces/IPlugin.java b/gtpp/src/main/java/gtPlusPlus/api/interfaces/IPlugin.java
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+package gtPlusPlus.api.interfaces;
+
+import gtPlusPlus.api.objects.Logger;
+
+public interface IPlugin {
+
+    /**
+     * @return A {@link String} object which returns the {@link IPlugin}'s name.
+     */
+    public String getPluginName();
+
+    /**
+     * @return A {@link String} object which returns the {@link IPlugin}'s short name. This String should only contain 4
+     *         Characters.
+     */
+    public String getPluginAbbreviation();
+
+    /**
+     * @param message - A {@link String} object which holds a message to be logged to console.
+     */
+    default void log(String message) {
+        Logger.INFO("[" + getPluginAbbreviation() + "] " + message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param message - A {@link String} object which holds a warning/error message to be logged to console.
+     */
+    default void logDebug(String message) {
+        Logger.WARNING("[" + getPluginAbbreviation() + "] " + message);
+    }
+
+    public boolean preInit();
+
+    public boolean init();
+
+    public boolean postInit();
+
+    public boolean serverStart();
+
+    public boolean serverStop();
+}