Packaging

Plugwerk accepts standard PF4J plugin formats.

JAR Plugin

A single JAR file with a valid MANIFEST.MF containing at minimum Plugin-Id and Plugin-Version.

ZIP Plugin

A ZIP archive containing:

• The plugin JAR at the root
• Dependencies in a lib/ directory

This is the standard PF4J ZIP plugin format.

Building with Gradle / Maven

Java (Maven)

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <archive>
            <manifestEntries>
                <Plugin-Id>my-plugin</Plugin-Id>
                <Plugin-Version>${project.version}</Plugin-Version>
                <Plugin-Provider>My Company</Plugin-Provider>
                <Plugin-Description>My awesome plugin</Plugin-Description>
            </manifestEntries>
        </archive>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Kotlin (Gradle)

tasks.jar {
    manifest {
        attributes(
            "Plugin-Id" to "my-plugin",
            "Plugin-Version" to project.version,
            "Plugin-Provider" to "My Company",
            "Plugin-Description" to "My awesome plugin",
        )
    }
}