Inheritable (plugin-meta 0.8.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

PluginMetadata

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardInheritable, StandardPluginMetadata
```
public interface Inheritable
```
Represents metadata that is meant to be inherited/overwritten, per contract.

See Also:

StandardInheritable, for a generic implementation, PluginMetadata, for specific "plugin" metadata

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PluginBranding`	`branding()`
`List<PluginContributor>`	`contributors()`
`Set<PluginDependency>`	`dependencies()`
`Optional<PluginDependency>`	`dependency(String id)`	Gets the `plugin dependency` by `id`.
`PluginLinks`	`links()`
`Map<String,Object>`	`properties()`
`<T> Optional<T>`	`property(String key)`	Gets the `property` by `key`.
`org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ArtifactVersion`	`version()`

- Method Detail
  - version
```
org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ArtifactVersion version()
```
    Returns:
    
    The version.
  - branding
```
PluginBranding branding()
```
    Returns:
    
    The branding.
  - links
```
PluginLinks links()
```
    Returns:
    
    The links to various web resources.
  - contributors
```
List<PluginContributor> contributors()
```
    Returns:
    
    The contributors as an unmodifiable List.
  - dependency
```
Optional<PluginDependency> dependency(String id)
```
    Gets the plugin dependency by id.
    This maps to PluginDependency.id().
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - The id
    
    Returns:
    
    The dependency or Optional.empty() otherwise.
  - dependencies
```
Set<PluginDependency> dependencies()
```
    Returns:
    
    The dependencies as an unmodifiable Set.
  - property
```
<T> Optional<T> property(String key)
```
    Gets the property by key.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - The type
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - The key
    
    Returns:
    
    The property or Optional.empty() otherwise.
  - properties
```
Map<String,Object> properties()
```
    Returns:
    
    The properties as an unmodifiable Map.