Added getRequiredPlugin method.

Deprecated getPlugin(), getLink(), and getDescription().
fix javadoc for PlaceholderExpansion class...
closes #22, closes #23

src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/PlaceholderAPIPlugin.java

@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ public class PlaceholderAPIPlugin extends JavaPlugin {
                 for (PlaceholderHook hook : p.values()) {
                     if (hook instanceof PlaceholderExpansion) {
                         PlaceholderExpansion ex = (PlaceholderExpansion) hook;
-                        map.put(ex.getPlugin() == null ? ex.getIdentifier()
+                        map.put(ex.getRequiredPlugin() == null ? ex.getIdentifier()
-                                : ex.getPlugin(), 1);
+                                : ex.getRequiredPlugin(), 1);
                     }
                 }
             }

src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/PlaceholderListener.java

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class PlaceholderListener implements Listener {
 		PlaceholderExpansion e = m.getCachedExpansion(event.getPlugin().getName().toLowerCase());
 		if (e != null && e.canRegister()) {
 			if (e.isRegistered() || m.registerExpansion(e)) {
-				m.removeCachedExpansion(e.getPlugin());
+				m.removeCachedExpansion(e.getRequiredPlugin());
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ public class PlaceholderListener implements Listener {
 				
 				PlaceholderExpansion ex = (PlaceholderExpansion) i;
 				
-				if (ex.getPlugin() == null) {
+				if (ex.getRequiredPlugin() == null) {
 					continue;
 				}
 				
-				if (ex.getPlugin().equalsIgnoreCase(n)) {
+				if (ex.getRequiredPlugin().equalsIgnoreCase(n)) {
 					if (PlaceholderAPI.unregisterExpansion(ex)) {
 						plugin.getLogger().info("Unregistered placeholder expansion: " + ex.getIdentifier());
 					}

src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/commands/PlaceholderAPICommands.java

@@ -155,16 +155,8 @@ public class PlaceholderAPICommands implements CommandExecutor {
 					Msg.msg(s, "&7Version: &f" + ex.getVersion());
 				}
 				
-				if (ex.getDescription() != null) {
+				if (ex.getRequiredPlugin() != null) {
-					Msg.msg(s, ex.getDescription());
+					Msg.msg(s, "&7Requires plugin: &f" + ex.getRequiredPlugin());
-				}
-				
-				if (ex.getLink() != null) {
-					Msg.msg(s, "&7Link: &f" + ex.getLink());
-				}
-				
-				if (ex.getPlugin() != null) {
-					Msg.msg(s, "&7Requires plugin: &f" + ex.getPlugin());
 				}
 
 				if (ex.getPlaceholders() != null) {

src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/expansion/ExpansionManager.java

@@ -116,16 +116,13 @@ public final class ExpansionManager {
 		}
 
 		if (!c.canRegister()) {
-			if (c.getPlugin() != null) {
+			if (c.getRequiredPlugin() != null) {
-				cache.put(c.getPlugin().toLowerCase(), c);
+				cache.put(c.getRequiredPlugin().toLowerCase(), c);
 			}
 			return false;
 		}
 
 		if (!c.register()) {
-			if (c.getPlugin() != null) {
-				cache.put(c.getPlugin().toLowerCase(), c);
-			}
 			return false;
 		}
 

src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/expansion/PlaceholderExpansion.java

@@ -33,44 +33,43 @@ public abstract class PlaceholderExpansion extends PlaceholderHook {
 	
 	/**
 	 * The name of this expansion
-	 * @return identifier used for expansion if no name present
+	 * @return {@link #getIdentifier()} by default, name of this expansion if specified
 	 */
 	public String getName() {
 		return getIdentifier();
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get the identifier that this placeholder expansion uses to be passed placeholder requests
+	 * The placeholder identifier of this expanion
-	 * @return placeholder identifier that is associated with this class
+	 * @return placeholder identifier that is associated with this expansion
 	 */
 	public abstract String getIdentifier();
 	
 	/**
-	 * Get the plugin that this expansion hooks into. 
+	 * The author of this expansion
-	 * This will ensure the expansion is added to a cache if canRegister() returns false
-	 * get. 
-	 * The expansion will be removed from the cache
-	 * once a plugin loads with the name that is here and the expansion is registered
-	 * @return placeholder identifier that is associated with this class
-	 */
-	public abstract String getPlugin();
-	
-	/**
-	 * Get the author of this PlaceholderExpansion
 	 * @return name of the author for this expansion
 	 */
 	public abstract String getAuthor();
 	
 	/**
-	 * Get the version of this PlaceholderExpansion
+	 * The version of this expansion
 	 * @return current version of this expansion
 	 */
 	public abstract String getVersion();
 
-	public String getDescription() { return null; }
+  /**
-
+   * The name plugin that this expansion hooks into.
-	public String getLink() { return null; }
+   * by default will return the deprecated {@link #getPlugin()} method
+   * @return plugin name that this expansion requires to function
+   */
+  public String getRequiredPlugin() {
+    return getPlugin();
+  }
 
+  /**
+   * The placeholders for this expansion
+   * @return placeholders that this expansion provides
+   */
   public List<String> getPlaceholders() {
     return null;
   }
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ public abstract class PlaceholderExpansion extends PlaceholderHook {
 	/**
 	 * Expansions that do not use the ecloud and instead register from the dependency should set this to true
 	 * to ensure that your placeholder expansion is not unregistered when the papi reload command is used
-	 * @return if the expansion should persist through reloads
+	 * @return if the expansion should persist through placeholder reloads
 	 */
 	public boolean persist() {
 		return false;
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ public abstract class PlaceholderExpansion extends PlaceholderHook {
 	 * @return true if this hook meets all the requirements to register
 	 */
 	public boolean canRegister() {
-		return getPlugin() == null || Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin(getPlugin()) != null;
+		return getRequiredPlugin() == null || Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin(getRequiredPlugin()) != null;
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -153,4 +152,25 @@ public abstract class PlaceholderExpansion extends PlaceholderHook {
 	public boolean configurationContains(String path) {
 		return getPlaceholderAPI().getConfig().contains("expansions." + getIdentifier() + "." + path); 
 	}
+
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated  As of versions greater than 2.8.7, use {@link #getRequiredPlugin()}
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public String getPlugin() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated  As of versions greater than 2.8.7, use the expansion cloud to show a description
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public String getDescription() { return null; }
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated  As of versions greater than 2.8.7, use the expansion cloud to display a link
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public String getLink() { return null; }
 }