Package org.apache.ivy.plugins.latest

Class AbstractLatestStrategy

java.lang.Object

org.apache.ivy.plugins.latest.AbstractLatestStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

LatestStrategy

Direct Known Subclasses:

ComparatorLatestStrategy

public abstract class AbstractLatestStrategy
extends java.lang.Object
implements LatestStrategy

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractLatestStrategy()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ArtifactInfo	findLatest(ArtifactInfo[] infos, java.util.Date date)	Finds the latest artifact among the given artifacts info.
java.lang.String	getName()
void	setName(java.lang.String name)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.ivy.plugins.latest.LatestStrategy

sort

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractLatestStrategy

public AbstractLatestStrategy()

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface LatestStrategy

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

findLatest

public ArtifactInfo findLatest(ArtifactInfo[] infos,
                               java.util.Date date)

Description copied from interface: LatestStrategy

Finds the latest artifact among the given artifacts info. The definition of 'latest' depends on the strategy itself. Given artifacts info are all good candidate. If the given date is not null, then found artifact should not be later than this date.

Specified by:

findLatest in interface LatestStrategy

Returns:

the latest artifact among the given ones.