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 jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/15bd7fac-f00e-4610-8f43-4282f151e97en%40googlegroups.com.
