org.sonatype.aether.collection
Interface DependencyManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassicDependencyManager, NoopDependencyManager

public interface DependencyManager

Applies dependency management to the dependencies of a dependency node.

Author:

Benjamin Bentmann

Method Summary

DependencyManager	deriveChildManager(DependencyCollectionContext context) Derives a dependency manager for the specified collection context.
DependencyManagement	manageDependency(Dependency dependency) Applies dependency management to the specified dependency.

Method Detail

manageDependency

DependencyManagement manageDependency(Dependency dependency)

Applies dependency management to the specified dependency.

Parameters:

dependency - The dependency to manage, must not be null.

Returns:

The management update to apply to the dependency or null if the dependency is not managed at all.

deriveChildManager

DependencyManager deriveChildManager(DependencyCollectionContext context)

Derives a dependency manager for the specified collection context. When calculating the child manager, implementors are strongly advised to simply return the current instance if nothing changed to help save memory.

Parameters:

context - The dependency collection context, must not be null.

Returns:

The dependency manager for the dependencies of the target node, must not be null.