Plugin Metadata Specification

{
    "plugins": [{
        "loader": "java_plain",
        "id": "tester",
        "name": "Tester",
        "version": "1.0",
        "main-class": "org.spongepowered.test.TestPlugin",
        "description": "Just testing things...",
        "links": {
            "homepage": "https://www.spongepowered.org",
            "source": "https://www.spongepowered.org/source",
            "issues": "https://www.spongepowered.org/issues"
        },
        "contributors": [
            {
                "name": "SpongePowered",
                "description": "Lead Developer"
            },
            {
                "name": "Example Dev A",
                "description": "Lead Developer"
            }
        ],
        "dependencies": [
            {
                "id": "spongeapi",
                "version": "8.0",
                "optional": false
            },
            {
                "id": "examplea",
                "version": "1.0",
                "load-order": "after",
                "optional": true
            }
        ],
        "extra": {
            "property": "examplea"
        }
    }]
}