org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata

Interface IVersionFormat

public interface IVersionFormat

The IVersionFormat represents the Omni Version Format in compiled form. It is also a parser for versions of that format.

An instance of IVersionFormat is immutable and thus thread safe. The parser does not maintain any state.

Since:

2.0

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_MAX_STRING_TRANSLATION The string that by default will be interpreted as the logical max string when parsing optional elements of type string and a default that is the empty string (i.e.
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_MIN_STRING_TRANSLATION The string that by default will be interpreted as the logical min string when parsing optional elements of type string and a default that is the max string (i.e.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Version	parse(java.lang.String version) Parse the given version string.
void	toString(java.lang.StringBuffer sb) Appends the string representation of this compiled format to the given StringBuffer.

Field Detail

DEFAULT_MAX_STRING_TRANSLATION

static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_MAX_STRING_TRANSLATION

The string that by default will be interpreted as the logical max string when parsing optional elements of type string and a default that is the empty string (i.e. OSGi)

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_MIN_STRING_TRANSLATION

static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_MIN_STRING_TRANSLATION

The string that by default will be interpreted as the logical min string when parsing optional elements of type string and a default that is the max string (i.e. Maven triplets)

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

toString

void toString(java.lang.StringBuffer sb)

Appends the string representation of this compiled format to the given StringBuffer.

Parameters:

sb - The buffer that will receive the string representation

parse

Version parse(java.lang.String version)

Parse the given version string.

Parameters:

version - The version string to parse.

Returns:

A created version.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the version string could not be parsed.