r26676 - trunk/freenet/src/freenet/pluginmanager

Author: toad
Date: 2009-04-09 14:34:45 +0000 (Thu, 09 Apr 2009)
New Revision: 26676

Added:
   trunk/freenet/src/freenet/pluginmanager/FredPluginRealVersioned.java
Modified:
   trunk/freenet/src/freenet/pluginmanager/FredPluginVersioned.java
Log:
Add FredPluginRealVersioned, explain the difference: FredPluginVersioned is a marketing version, a string that can't be easily compared. FredPluginRealVersioned is a long which can be easily compared.


Added: trunk/freenet/src/freenet/pluginmanager/FredPluginRealVersioned.java
===================================================================
--- trunk/freenet/src/freenet/pluginmanager/FredPluginRealVersioned.java	                        (rev 0)
+++ trunk/freenet/src/freenet/pluginmanager/FredPluginRealVersioned.java	2009-04-09 14:34:45 UTC (rev 26676)
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package freenet.pluginmanager;
+
+/** Version of a plugin in a form that is easy to compare. */
+public interface FredPluginRealVersioned {
+	
+	/** The version of the plugin in a form that is easy to compare: a long!
+	 * Version 150 will always be later than version 20. */
+	public long getRealVersion();
+	
+	// There is no point in reporting the dependancies or the minimum node version,
+	// because we have already been loaded!
+	
+	// SVN revisions are going away, so there is no point returning them either.
+	// Git has hashes, which are strings.
+	
+}

Modified: trunk/freenet/src/freenet/pluginmanager/FredPluginVersioned.java
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--- trunk/freenet/src/freenet/pluginmanager/FredPluginVersioned.java	2009-04-09 13:28:06 UTC (rev 26675)
+++ trunk/freenet/src/freenet/pluginmanager/FredPluginVersioned.java	2009-04-09 14:34:45 UTC (rev 26676)
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package freenet.pluginmanager;
 
 /**
- * A Fred plugin that has a version
+ * A Fred plugin that has a version.
+ * This is a user-presentable version, a marketing version, a string, 
+ * not necessarily easy to compare! Like "1.0.3". Whereas a real version would be 103.
+ * @see FredPluginRealVersioned for real versions.
  * @author dbkr
  *
  */