Package edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat

Class Version

java.lang.Object

edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.Version

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<Version>

Direct Known Subclasses:

DBVersion, MetacatVersion

public class Version
extends Object
implements Comparable<Version>

Author:

jones Version represents the current version information for this Metacat instance.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected static int	allowedVersionLevels
protected int[]	subversions
protected String	versionString

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Version(String versionID)	Create a Version object, setting sub version levels based on the given version id.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compareTo(Version anotherVersion)	Compare this Version object to another.
int	getSubversion(int level)
String	getVersionString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

allowedVersionLevels

protected static int allowedVersionLevels

subversions

protected int[] subversions

versionString

protected String versionString

Constructor Details

Version

public Version(String versionID)

Create a Version object, setting sub version levels based on the given version id.

Parameters:

versionID -

Method Details

compareTo

public int compareTo(Version anotherVersion)

Compare this Version object to another. Use the sub version levels to do the comparison. In that way, we can make sure that something like version 1.0.0.1 is less than 2.0.1.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Version>

Parameters:

anotherVersion -

Returns:

-1 if this version is less than given version, 0 if they are equal and 1 if this version is greater than given version.

getSubversion

public int getSubversion(int level)

getVersionString

public String getVersionString()