How to use

getCategory

method

in

org.pentaho.di.core.plugins.PluginInterface

/**
 * Retrieve a list of plugins per category.
 *
 * @param pluginType     The type of plugins to search
 * @param pluginCategory The category to look in
 * @return An unmodifiable list of plugins that belong to the specified type and category.
 */
public <T extends PluginTypeInterface> List<PluginInterface> getPluginsByCategory( Class<T> pluginType,
  String pluginCategory ) {
 List<PluginInterface> plugins = getPlugins( pluginType ).stream()
  .filter( plugin -> plugin.getCategory() != null && plugin.getCategory().equals( pluginCategory ) )
  .collect( Collectors.toList() );
 return Collections.unmodifiableList( plugins );
}

if ( !Utils.isEmpty( plugin.getCategory() ) ) {
  .add( plugin.getCategory() );

public static final Button setShellImage( Shell shell, JobEntryInterface jobEntryInterface ) {
 Button helpButton = null;
 try {
  final PluginInterface plugin = getPlugin( jobEntryInterface );
  if ( plugin.getCategory().equals( BaseMessages.getString( PKGBASE, "JobCategory.Category.Deprecated" ) ) ) {
   addDeprecation( shell );
  }
  helpButton = HelpUtils.createHelpButton( shell, HelpUtils.getHelpDialogTitle( plugin ), plugin );
  shell.setImage( getImage( shell, plugin ) );
 } catch ( Throwable e ) {
  // Ignore unexpected errors, not worth it
 }
 return helpButton;
}

/**
 * @param pluginType the type of plugin to get information for
 * @return a row buffer containing plugin information for the given plugin type
 * @throws KettlePluginException
 */
public RowBuffer getPluginInformation( Class<? extends PluginTypeInterface> pluginType )
  throws KettlePluginException {
 RowBuffer rowBuffer = new RowBuffer( getPluginInformationRowMeta() );
 for ( PluginInterface plugin : getPlugins( pluginType ) ) {
  Object[] row = new Object[getPluginInformationRowMeta().size()];
  int rowIndex = 0;
  row[rowIndex++] = getPluginType( plugin.getPluginType() ).getName();
  row[rowIndex++] = plugin.getIds()[0];
  row[rowIndex++] = plugin.getName();
  row[rowIndex++] = Const.NVL( plugin.getDescription(), "" );
  row[rowIndex++] = Utils.isEmpty( plugin.getLibraries() ) ? "" : plugin.getLibraries().toString();
  row[rowIndex++] = Const.NVL( plugin.getImageFile(), "" );
  row[rowIndex++] = plugin.getClassMap().values().toString();
  row[rowIndex] = Const.NVL( plugin.getCategory(), "" );
  rowBuffer.getBuffer().add( row );
 }
 return rowBuffer;
}

.filter( baseStep -> baseStep.getCategory().equalsIgnoreCase( baseCategory ) )
.sorted( Comparator.comparing( PluginInterface::getName ) )
.collect( Collectors.toList() );
 if ( baseJobEntries.get( j ).getCategory().equalsIgnoreCase( baseCategory ) ) {
  final Image jobEntryImage =
    GUIResource.getInstance().getImagesJobentriesSmall().get( baseJobEntries.get( j ).getIds()[0] );