com.meyling.principia.module
Class Version

java.lang.Object
  com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgument
      com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgumentList
          com.meyling.principia.module.Version

All Implemented Interfaces:

Argument, Textable

public class Version

extends AbstractArgumentList

implements Argument, Textable

A version description.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Author:

Michael Meyling

Constructor Summary

Version(Argument[] arguments)
Constructs a version description.

Version(String version)
Constructs a version description.

Method Summary

Argument	create(Argument[] arguments) Create a new Argument with given arguments.
boolean	equalWith(Version v) Check if this version is equal to another one.
String	getText() Get label of object.
boolean	greaterThan(Version v) Check if this version is greater than another one
String	toString() Get the argument in String form.

Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgumentList

copy, getArgument, getArgumentSize

Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgument

containsPatternVariables, equals, getHighestNumber, getPatternVariables, getReplacementParents, getSearchParents, hashCode, matches, matches, replace, replace, replace, replaceMatches

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.meyling.principia.argument.Argument

containsPatternVariables, copy, equals, getArgument, getArgumentSize, getPatternVariables, getReplacementParents, getSearchParents, hashCode, matches, matches, replace, replace, replace, replaceMatches

Constructor Detail

Version

public Version(Argument[] arguments)
        throws ArgumentException

Constructs a version description.

Parameters:

arguments - Text to be a version description

Throws:

ArgumentException - if there is not exactly one argument or the first argument is not an instance of Text or it isn't build of digits and periods in the following form: n.nn.nn(.nn)*

Version

public Version(String version)
        throws ArgumentException

Constructs a version description.

Parameters:

version - version

Throws:

ArgumentException - if version it isn't build of digits and periods in the following form: n.nn.nn(.nn)*

Method Detail

greaterThan

public final boolean greaterThan(Version v)

Check if this version is greater than another one

Parameters:

v - version to compare with

Returns:

is this version greater than v?

equalWith

public final boolean equalWith(Version v)

Check if this version is equal to another one. This method would return true for the versions "1.001.00" and "1.1".

Parameters:

v - version to compare with

Returns:

is this version the same as v?

getText

public final String getText()

Description copied from interface: Textable

Get label of object.

Specified by:

getText in interface Textable

Returns:

label of object

create

public final Argument create(Argument[] arguments)
                      throws ArgumentException

Description copied from interface: Argument

Create a new Argument with given arguments.

Specified by:

create in interface Argument

Specified by:

create in class AbstractArgumentList

Throws:

ArgumentException

toString

public final String toString()

Description copied from interface: Argument

Get the argument in String form.

Specified by:

toString in interface Argument

Specified by:

toString in class AbstractArgumentList