Thanks for the explanation. The documentation I was referring to is: https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Defining+a+new+extension+point
On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 5:50:15 PM UTC+5:30 Jesse Glick wrote: > An `ExtensionPoint` is implemented by classes marked `@Extension`, > which are singletons contributed by plugins, sometimes known as a > service registry pattern. This is the fundamental mechanism by which > Jenkins plugins add functionality. An admin does not configure the > _set_ of extensions, though a particular extension may have > configurable properties (typically as a `GlobalConfguration`). > Extensions need not have any presence in the UI whatsoever. They are > found via `ExtensionList`. > > A `Descriptor` is a special kind of extension which registers an > implementation class of associated `Describable`, sometimes also > serving as a factory. `Describable` instances are defined by an admin > or other user via the GUI or configuration-as-code, use > `@DataBoundConstructor` & `@DataBoundSetter`, are intended to be > persisted using XStream, and are typically values of a property or > elements of a list defined in turn by something else—a job property, a > build step, a piece of global configuration, some other `Describable`, > etc. > > I am not sure exactly which documentation you are referring to but > perhaps it needs to be patched. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/15bd7fac-f00e-4610-8f43-4282f151e97en%40googlegroups.com.
