Re: Extension: Difference between Singleton and Describable/Descriptor pattern

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

Extension: Difference between Singleton and Describable/Descriptor pattern

Hi all, In the documentation, it says that for an extension point where "users should be able to configure zero or more instances of some things you define", Describable/Descriptor pattern is preferred over Singleton pattern. >From a design point of view, which pattern is better when

Discussion: [GSoC'20] New git plugin extension point - Git Repository Size Estimator

Hi all, Under the Git Plugin Performance Improvement Project , we have created an extension point which upon implementation can provide the functionality of querying the size of a remote git repository. The reason