org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.conflict
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 638298 2008-03-18 10:05:50Z bentmann $

Author:

Oleg Gusakov

Field Summary

static java.lang.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 java.lang.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