Package org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.base.boot

Class PackageSorter

java.lang.Object

org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.base.boot.PackageSorter

public final class PackageSorter
extends java.lang.Object

Compares two modules for order. A module is considered less than an other module if the module is a required module of the compared module. Modules are considered equal if they have no relation.

When sorting, we match this modules position against all dependent modules until all positions are stable. Circular references are evil and are filtered during the module loading process in the package manager.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	sort(java.util.List modules)	Sorts the given list of package states.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

sort

public static void sort(java.util.List modules)

Sorts the given list of package states. The packages are sorted by their dependencies in a way so that all dependent packages are placed on lower positions than the packages which declared the dependency.

Parameters:

modules - the list of modules.