drone-plugin-lib/drone/plugin.go

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// Copyright (c) 2019, Drone Plugins project authors
// Copyright (c) 2021, Robert Kaussow <mail@thegeeklab.de>
// Use of this source code is governed by an Apache 2.0 license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
package drone
// Plugin is an interface for a Drone plugin written in Go.
//
// This is a higly opinionated interface for what a Plugin should do. Its
// not required that a plugin author follow it.
type Plugin interface {
// Validate checks the inputs to the Plugin and verifies that the
// configuration is correct before executing.
//
// An error is returned if there are any issues with the current
// configuration, such as missing information or files not being
// present. A Plugin may choose to populate additional information to
// ensure a successful execution, for example if a URL is parsed
// successfully it can be stored off for later use.
//
// Validate needs to be called before Execute.
Validate() error
// Execute runs the plugin in the current configuration.
//
// An error is returned if the Plugin did not run successfully that
// describes the runtime error.
//
// Execute needs to be called after Validate.
Execute() error
}