Plugin interface for loading jobs

Interface Operation

• JobScheduler provides an interface that can make use of a Plugin to modify a job configuration.
• The Plugin is executed in the event of a job being loaded or re-loaded.
• The Plugin is handed over
  • the XML representation of the job configuration that is being loaded, i.e. the <job> XML node.
  • the Plugin specific configuration as stated in the below example with the <plugin.config> XML node.
• The Plugin returns the job configuration that should be used by JobScheduler, i.e. the <job> XML node.

Configuration

• The Plugin is configured in ./config/scheduler.xml with the following elements:
• Example Plugin configuration:

  <spooler xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.sos-berlin.com/repository/scheduler/1.7/scheduler.xsd">
      <config>
          <plugins>
              <plugin java_class="...ConfigurationChangingPlugin">
                  <plugin.config ...>
                   ...
                  </plugin.config>
              </plugin>
          </plugins>
      </config>
  </spooler>
  

Area of Operation

• Plugin for global pre- and postprocessing as stated in feature JS-1323
  • Named monitors as provided by JS-1145 are referenced by the Plugin
  • The Plugin implements rules for the handling of named monitors for global pre- and postprocessing