Stephen McConnell wrote
Hang on .. what is the argument to is isCompatible ?
You example quotes:
> In other words if
> 1.2.3 is compatible with 1.2.4 then is 1.2.4 compatible > with 1.2.3 ?
This suggests that isCompatible() is evaluating a Dewey decimal version - no? Concerning link reference - the initial page does not seem to take into consideration "major", "minor", micro" semantics. As such I'll need some confirmation - does "X.Y.Z" carry version semantics or is it simply a string?
Steve.
Good questions
from http://incubator.apache.org/depot/version/javadocs/org/apache/depot/version/Version.html
isCompatible
public boolean *isCompatible*(Version <http://incubator.apache.org/depot/version/javadocs/org/apache/depot/version/Version.html> version)
May this version be used in place of the specified version.
*Parameters:*
|version| - the BaseVersion to check with *Returns:*
boolean
The version interface is a complete abstraction. It has methods for equals,compareTo,isCompatable and increment(String level). And that is it. No details on 1.2.3 or 1-a5 or what ever. I just used the 1.2.3 as an example.
But I still want to know if isCompatible should be symmetric.
So in the common Major.minor.point syntax
Since 1.2.4. is compatible with 1.2.3 is it also true that 1.2.3 is compatible with 1.2.4 ?
R, Nick
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