DependencyDescriptorMediator

All Known Subinterfaces:: ModuleDescriptor, WorkspaceModuleDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:: DefaultModuleDescriptor, DefaultWorkspaceModuleDescriptor, OverrideDependencyDescriptorMediator, PomModuleDescriptorBuilder.PomModuleDescriptor

public interface DependencyDescriptorMediator

A DependencyDescriptorMediator is responsible for dependency descriptor mediation.

Dependency descriptor mediation consists in adjusting dependency descriptors according to a context, environment, the stack of dependers, ...

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

DependencyDescriptor

mediate(DependencyDescriptor dd)

Mediates the given DependencyDescriptor according to this ModuleDescriptor.

Method Details
- mediate
  
  DependencyDescriptor mediate(DependencyDescriptor dd)
  
  Mediates the given DependencyDescriptor according to this ModuleDescriptor.
  This method gives the opportunity to a ModuleDescriptor to override dependency version information of any of its transitive dependencies, since it is called by dependency resolvers before actually resolving a dependency.
  
  Parameters:
  
  dd - the dependency descriptor which should be mediated.
  
  Returns:
  
  the mediated DependencyDescriptor, or the original DependencyDescriptor if no mediation is required by this ModuleDescriptor.