org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.base.boot

Class PackageSorter

public final class PackageSorter extends 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

UNKNOWN: ComparableImplementedButEqualsNotOverridden

Method Summary
static voidsort(List modules)
Sorts the given list of package states.

Method Detail

sort

public static void sort(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.