PluginMetadata (plugin-meta 0.8.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Inheritable

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardPluginMetadata
```
public interface PluginMetadata
extends Inheritable
```
Represents specific, unique metadata to a plugin.

See Also:

Inheritable, for metadata that might be shared between multiple plugin metadata, StandardPluginMetadata, for a generic implementation

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Container`	`container()`
`Optional<String>`	`description()`
`String`	`entrypoint()`	Gets the `entrypoint`.
`String`	`id()`	Gets the `id`.
`Optional<String>`	`name()`

Methods inherited from interface org.spongepowered.plugin.metadata.Inheritable
branding, contributors, dependencies, dependency, links, properties, property, version

- Method Detail
  - container
```
Container container()
```
    Returns:
    
    The container.
  - id
```
String id()
```
    Gets the id.
    Ids must conform to the following requirements:
    
    Must be between 2 and 64 characters in length
    
    Must start with a lower case letter (a-z)
    
    May only contain a mix of lower case letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), dashes (-), and underscores (_)
    Returns:
    
    The id
  - entrypoint
```
String entrypoint()
```
    Gets the entrypoint.
    Consult the vendor for how this field is used. As an example, this could be the name of a module or a fully realized path to a discrete class.
    
    Returns:
    
    The entrypoint
  - name
```
Optional<String> name()
```
    Returns:
    
    The name or Optional.empty() otherwise.
  - description
```
Optional<String> description()
```
    Returns:
    
    The description or Optional.empty() otherwise.