org.ungoverned.moduleloader.search
Interface SelectionPolicy

All Known Implementing Classes:

InteractiveSelectionPolicy, OSGiSelectionPolicy, SimpleSelectionPolicy

public interface SelectionPolicy

This interface represents the policy for selecting a specific export target from multiple compatible candidate export targets when the ImportSearchPolicy is trying to resolve an import target for a given module. A concrete implementation of this interface is required to create an instance of ImportSearchPolicy.

See Also:

ImportSearchPolicy

Method Summary

Module

select(Module module, java.lang.Object identifier, java.lang.Object version, Module[] candidates, CompatibilityPolicy compatPolicy) Selects a single module to resolve the specified import from the array of compatible candidate modules.

Method Detail

select

Module select(Module module,
              java.lang.Object identifier,
              java.lang.Object version,
              Module[] candidates,
              CompatibilityPolicy compatPolicy)

Selects a single module to resolve the specified import from the array of compatible candidate modules.

Parameters:

module - the module that is importing the target.

identifier - the identifier of the import target.

version - the version number of the import target.

candidates - array of compatible candidate modules from which to choose.

compatPolicy - the compatibility policy that is being used.

Returns:

the selected module or null if no module can be selected.