org.apache.maven.repository.metadata
Interface GraphConflictResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultGraphConflictResolver

public interface GraphConflictResolver

Resolves conflicts in the supplied dependency graph. Different implementations will implement different conflict resolution policies.

Version:

$Id: GraphConflictResolver.java 958295 2010-06-26 23:16:18Z hboutemy $

Author:

Oleg Gusakov

Field Summary

static String

ROLE

Method Summary

MetadataGraph

resolveConflicts(MetadataGraph graph, ArtifactScopeEnum scope) Cleanses the supplied graph by leaving only one directed versioned edge\ between any two nodes, if multiple exists.

Field Detail

ROLE

static final String ROLE

Method Detail

resolveConflicts

MetadataGraph resolveConflicts(MetadataGraph graph,
                               ArtifactScopeEnum scope)
                               throws GraphConflictResolutionException

Cleanses the supplied graph by leaving only one directed versioned edge\ between any two nodes, if multiple exists. Uses scope relationships, defined in ArtifactScopeEnum

Parameters:

graph - the "dirty" graph to be simplified via conflict resolution

scope - scope for which the graph should be resolved

Returns:

resulting "clean" graph for the specified scope

Throws:

GraphConflictResolutionException

Since:

3.0