Merge branch 'GTNewHorizons:master' into master

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diff --git a/src/main/java/gtPlusPlus/api/interfaces/IPlugin.java b/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();
+	
+}