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/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2010-2014 SAP AG and others. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * SAP AG - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ package org.eclipse.skalli.model.ext.maven; import java.util.Comparator; import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils; /** * A "simplified" comparator for Maven versions. * * The version string is split at '.' and '-' characters. * Parts that are numbers are compared numerically. All other parts are compared like strings. */ class MavenVersionsComparator implements Comparator<String> { enum SortOrder { ASCENDING, DESCENDING } private SortOrder order = SortOrder.ASCENDING; public MavenVersionsComparator() { this(SortOrder.ASCENDING); } public MavenVersionsComparator(SortOrder order) { this.order = order; } /* (non-Javadoc) * @see java.util.Comparator#compare(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) */ @Override public int compare(String version1, String version2) { if (SortOrder.DESCENDING.equals(this.order)) { return -1 * compareLatestAsLowest(version1, version2); } else { return compareLatestAsLowest(version1, version2); } }; public int compareLatestAsLowest(String version1, String version2) { if (version1.equals(version2)) { return 0; } String[] v1Parts = StringUtils.split(version1, ".-"); String[] v2Parts = StringUtils.split(version2, ".-"); int minLength = Math.min(v1Parts.length, v2Parts.length); for (int i = 0; i < minLength; i++) { String str1 = v1Parts[i]; String str2 = v2Parts[i]; try { int val1 = Integer.valueOf(str1); int val2 = Integer.valueOf(str2); int result = val1 < val2 ? -1 : ((val1 == val2) ? 0 : +1); if (result != 0) { return result; } } catch (NumberFormatException e) { int result = str1.compareTo(str2); if (result != 0) { return result; } } } if (version1.length() == version2.length()) { return 0; } else if (version1.length() < version2.length()) { return -1; } else { return +1; } } }