Configuring plugins

For the references for plugin.xml file elements, see Plugin XML reference and UI components XML reference.

<plugin>
    <!--
    Top-level information: overall plugin name and description,
        its version, and the earliest application version on which
        it's supported.
    -->
    <name>helloworld</name>
    <description>Hello World</description>
    <author>ACME Plugins</author>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
    <minServerVersion>2.1.0</minServerVersion>
    <!--
        Widgets are user interface components that people can
        use to customize parts of the UI. The class attribute
        points to the Java class that provides the widget's logic.
    -->
    <widget class="com.example.sbs.widgets.CoolWidget"/>
    <!--
        You can write web services that expose parts of the application
        not available as web services by default.
    -->
    <webservice class="com.example.sbs.webservices.HandyService"/>
    <!--
        Specifies that this plugin includes a CSS stylesheet that
        should be used throughout the application. This is good
        way to add a global CSS class or override one already
        included with the application.
    -->
    <css src="/acme_styles.css"/>
    <!--
         Key and value for indicating whether database changes are
         needed on upgrade.
    -->
    <databaseKey>helloworld</databaseKey>
    <databaseVersion>1</databaseVersion>
   
    <!--
        Aside from widgets, you can add elements to the user interface
        with Struts actions. You integrate into the UI here, then define
        the action itself
    -->
    <components>
        <!--
            <component> elements define user interface elements
            to be integrated. For a description of these, see
            Integrating Plugin UI. This one adds
            an Action box link to a user profile; this will be
            seen by visiting users, rather than the profile's owner.
        -->
        <component id="profile-actions">
            <tab id="profile-actions-tab">
                <item id="profile-actions-link" name="Example profile action">
                    <url>
                        <![CDATA[<@s.url value="/example-profile.jspa?userID=${targetUser.ID}"/>]]></url>
                </item>
            </tab>
        </component>
    </components>
    <!-- A class that handles lifecycle events. -->
    <class>com.jivesoftware.plugins.MyPluginLifecycle</class>
</plugin>