PluginFinder (Flink : Core 1.20.2-cp1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DirectoryBasedPluginFinder
```
public interface PluginFinder
```
Implementations of this interface provide mechanisms to locate plugins and create corresponding PluginDescriptor objects. The result can then be used to initialize a PluginLoader.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Collection<PluginDescriptor>`	`findPlugins()`	Find plugins and return a corresponding collection of `PluginDescriptor` instances.

- Method Detail
  - findPlugins
```
Collection<PluginDescriptor> findPlugins()
                                  throws IOException
```
    Find plugins and return a corresponding collection of PluginDescriptor instances.
    
    Returns:
    
    a collection of PluginDescriptor instances for all found plugins.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - thrown if a problem occurs during plugin search.