PluginDependency (plugin-meta 0.8.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardPluginDependency
```
public interface PluginDependency
```
Specification for an entity considered to be a "dependency" for an inheritable or plugin metadata.
Consult the vendor for further information on how this is used.

See Also:

StandardPluginDependency, for a generic implementation

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class PluginDependency.LoadOrder
Represents the ordering of how dependencies are loaded versus others.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`id()`	Gets the `id`.
`PluginDependency.LoadOrder`	`loadOrder()`
`boolean`	`optional()`
`org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.VersionRange`	`version()`

- Method Detail
  - 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
  - version
```
org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.VersionRange version()
```
    Returns:
    
    The version, as a maven range.
  - loadOrder
```
PluginDependency.LoadOrder loadOrder()
```
    Returns:
    
    The load order
  - optional
```
boolean optional()
```
    Returns:
    
    True if optional, false if not