PlaceholderAPI/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/expansion/Configurable.java

/*
 *
 * PlaceholderAPI
 * Copyright (C) 2018 Ryan McCarthy
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 *
 */
package me.clip.placeholderapi.expansion;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Any {@link PlaceholderExpansion} class which implements configurable will have any options listed
 * in the getDefaults map automatically added to the PlaceholderAPI config.yml file
 *
 * @author Ryan McCarthy
 */
public interface Configurable {

  /**
   * This method will be called before the implementing class is registered to obtain a map of
   * configuration options that the implementing class needs These paths and values will be added to
   * the PlaceholderAPI config.yml in the configuration section expansions.(placeholder
   * identifier).(your key): (your value)
   *
   * @return Map of config path / values which need to be added / removed from the PlaceholderAPI
   * config.yml file
   */
  Map<String, Object> getDefaults();
}