org.apache.maven.shared.dependency.graph
Interface DependencyNode

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDependencyNode

public interface DependencyNode

Represents an artifact node within a Maven project's dependency graph.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Hervé Boutemy

Method Summary

boolean	accept(DependencyNodeVisitor visitor) Applies the specified dependency node visitor to this dependency node and its children.
Artifact	getArtifact()
List<DependencyNode>	getChildren()
DependencyNode	getParent() Gets the parent dependency node of this dependency node.
String	getPremanagedScope() Gets the scope for the dependency before dependency management was applied (if any).
String	getPremanagedVersion() Gets the version or version range for the dependency before dependency management was applied (if any).
String	getVersionConstraint() A constraint on versions for a dependency.
String	toNodeString() Returns a string representation of this dependency node.

Method Detail

getArtifact

Artifact getArtifact()

getChildren

List<DependencyNode> getChildren()

accept

boolean accept(DependencyNodeVisitor visitor)

Applies the specified dependency node visitor to this dependency node and its children.

Parameters:

visitor - the dependency node visitor to use

Returns:

the visitor result of ending the visit to this node

Since:

1.1

getParent

DependencyNode getParent()

Gets the parent dependency node of this dependency node.

Returns:

the parent dependency node

getPremanagedVersion

String getPremanagedVersion()

Gets the version or version range for the dependency before dependency management was applied (if any).

Returns:

The dependency version before dependency management or null if the version was not managed.

getPremanagedScope

String getPremanagedScope()

Gets the scope for the dependency before dependency management was applied (if any).

Returns:

The dependency scope before dependency management or null if the scope was not managed.

getVersionConstraint

String getVersionConstraint()

A constraint on versions for a dependency. A constraint can either consist of one or more version ranges or a single version.

Returns:

The constraint on the dependency.

toNodeString

String toNodeString()

Returns a string representation of this dependency node.

Returns:

the string representation