DependencyCycle (Maven Artifact Resolver 1.3.2 API)

```
public interface DependencyCycle
```
A cycle within a dependency graph, that is a sequence of dependencies d_1, d_2, ..., d_n where d_1 and d_n have the same versionless coordinates. In more practical terms, a cycle occurs when a project directly or indirectly depends on its own output artifact.

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List<Dependency>`	`getCyclicDependencies()`	Gets the dependencies that actually form the cycle.
`List<Dependency>`	`getPrecedingDependencies()`	Gets the dependencies that lead to the first dependency on the cycle, starting from the root of the dependency graph.

- Method Detail
  - getPrecedingDependencies
```
List<Dependency> getPrecedingDependencies()
```
    Gets the dependencies that lead to the first dependency on the cycle, starting from the root of the dependency graph.
    
    Returns:
    
    The (read-only) sequence of dependencies that precedes the cycle in the graph, potentially empty but never null.
  - getCyclicDependencies
```
List<Dependency> getCyclicDependencies()
```
    Gets the dependencies that actually form the cycle. For example, a -> b -> c -> a, i.e. the last dependency in this sequence duplicates the first element and closes the cycle. Hence the length of the cycle is the size of the returned sequence minus 1.
    
    Returns:
    
    The (read-only) sequence of dependencies that forms the cycle, never null.