exposed data about installed plugins, installable plugins, update center jobs, etc., to the REST API

core/src/main/java/hudson/PluginManager.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import hudson.init.InitStrategy;
 import hudson.init.InitializerFinder;
 import hudson.model.AbstractModelObject;
 import hudson.model.AdministrativeMonitor;
+import hudson.model.Api;
 import hudson.model.Descriptor;
 import hudson.model.Failure;
 import hudson.model.UpdateCenter;
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ import org.kohsuke.stapler.HttpResponses;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.QueryParameter;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerResponse;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.Exported;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.ExportedBean;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ import static hudson.init.InitMilestone.*;
  *
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
+@ExportedBean
 public abstract class PluginManager extends AbstractModelObject {
     /**
      * All discovered plugins.
@@ -157,6 +161,10 @@ public abstract class PluginManager extends AbstractModelObject {
         strategy = createPluginStrategy();
     }
 
+    public Api getApi() {
+        return new Api(this);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Called immediately after the construction.
      * This is a separate method so that code executed from here will see a valid value in
@@ -496,7 +504,11 @@ public abstract class PluginManager extends AbstractModelObject {
     public boolean isPluginUploaded() {
         return pluginUploaded;
     }
-    
+
+    /**
+     * All discovered plugins.
+     */
+    @Exported
     public List<PluginWrapper> getPlugins() {
         return plugins;
     }