com.hp.util

Class Version

java.lang.Object

com.hp.util.Version

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<Version>

public class Version
extends Object
implements Comparable<Version>

Version class is used to abstract a version string that can be compared.

Author:

Frank Wood

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Version() Constructor.
Version(String value) Constructor.
Version(String value, String splitDelim) Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(Version o) Implement the comparable interface so the the extended device classes will be sorted by version (low to high).
boolean	equals(Object o)
int	hashCode()
boolean	isGreater(Version targetVersion) Returns true if this version is greater than the passed in version.
boolean	isGreaterOrEqual(Version targetVersion) Returns true if this version is greater than or equal the passed in version.
boolean	isLess(Version targetVersion) Returns true if this version is less than the passed in version.
boolean	isLessOrEqual(Version targetVersion) Returns true if this version is less than or equal the passed in version.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Version

public Version()

Constructor.

Version

public Version(String value)

Constructor.

Parameters:

value - version string

Version

public Version(String value,
       String splitDelim)

Constructor.

Parameters:

value - version string

splitDelim - regular expression delimiter; see String.split(String)

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

isGreater

public boolean isGreater(Version targetVersion)

Returns true if this version is greater than the passed in version.

Parameters:

targetVersion - version in object form

Returns:

true if the version of this instance is greater then the passed in version

isGreaterOrEqual

public boolean isGreaterOrEqual(Version targetVersion)

Returns true if this version is greater than or equal the passed in version.

Parameters:

targetVersion - version in object form

Returns:

true if the version of this instance is greater then or equal the passed in version

isLess

public boolean isLess(Version targetVersion)

Returns true if this version is less than the passed in version.

Parameters:

targetVersion - version in object form

Returns:

true if the version of this instance is less then the passed in version

isLessOrEqual

public boolean isLessOrEqual(Version targetVersion)

Returns true if this version is less than or equal the passed in version.

Parameters:

targetVersion - version in object form

Returns:

true if the version of this instance is less then or equal the passed in version

compareTo

public int compareTo(Version o)

Implement the comparable interface so the the extended device classes will be sorted by version (low to high).

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Version>

Parameters:

o - the object to be compared.

Returns:

< 0 if this is less then o; 0 if this is equal to o; > 0 if this is greater than o

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object