com.hp.util.version

Class AbstractReleaseCandidateData

java.lang.Object

com.hp.util.version.AbstractReleaseCandidateData

All Implemented Interfaces:

ReleaseCandidateData

public abstract class AbstractReleaseCandidateData
extends Object
implements ReleaseCandidateData

A base class for implementing ReleaseCandidateData. The recommended pattern for subclasses is as follows:

 public class MyReleaseCandidateData extends AbstractReleaseCandidateData {

     // This array contains tuples of four strings, one per release candidate:
     // candidate number, build number, date of build, official release flag.

     private static final String[] DATA = {
         // candidate  build             date of           official
         // number     number            build             release
         // (int)      ("M.m.p.bbbb")   ("YYYY-MM-DD")    ("true"/"false")
         // -----      --------------    --------------    ----------------
         "1",          "5.0.3.0126",    "2010-06-01",     "false",
         "2",          "5.0.3.0128",    "2010-06-03",     "false",
         "3",          "5.0.3.0385",    "2010-06-04",     "true",
     };

     // Constructs our instance
     private MyReleaseCandidateData() { super(DATA); }

     // our singleton
     private static final MyReleaseCandidateData INSTANCE =
         new MyReleaseCandidateData();

     /** Returns a reference to our singleton instance.
      *
      * @return the singleton
      */
     public static MyReleaseCandidateData getInstance() { return INSTANCE; }
 }
 

Author:

Simon Hunt, Steve Britt

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AbstractReleaseCandidateData(String[] data) Protected constructor that takes a string array of data with which to initialize this instance.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ReleaseCandidate[]	getAllReleaseCandidates() Returns an array of all release candidates to-date.
ReleaseCandidate	getMostRecentReleaseCandidate() Returns the most recently defined release candidate.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractReleaseCandidateData

protected AbstractReleaseCandidateData(String[] data)

Protected constructor that takes a string array of data with which to initialize this instance.

Parameters:

data - the release candidate data

Throws:

NullPointerException - if data is null, or if a data element is null

IllegalArgumentException - if any of the data elements are ill-formed

Method Detail

getAllReleaseCandidates

public final ReleaseCandidate[] getAllReleaseCandidates()

Description copied from interface: ReleaseCandidateData

Returns an array of all release candidates to-date. May be an empty array if no candidates have been identified yet.

Specified by:

getAllReleaseCandidates in interface ReleaseCandidateData

Returns:

the release candidates

getMostRecentReleaseCandidate

public final ReleaseCandidate getMostRecentReleaseCandidate()

Description copied from interface: ReleaseCandidateData

Returns the most recently defined release candidate. If no candidates have been identified yet, null should be returned.

Specified by:

getMostRecentReleaseCandidate in interface ReleaseCandidateData

Returns:

the most recent release candidate, or null