org.sonatype.aether.graph
Interface DependencyVisitor

All Known Implementing Classes:

CloningDependencyVisitor, FilteringDependencyVisitor, PreorderNodeListGenerator, TreeDependencyVisitor

public interface DependencyVisitor

A visitor for nodes of the dependency graph.

Author:

Benjamin Bentmann

See Also:

DependencyNode.accept(DependencyVisitor)

Method Summary

boolean	visitEnter(DependencyNode node) Notifies the visitor of a node visit before its children have been processed.
boolean	visitLeave(DependencyNode node) Notifies the visitor of a node visit after its children have been processed.

Method Detail

visitEnter

boolean visitEnter(DependencyNode node)

Notifies the visitor of a node visit before its children have been processed.

Parameters:

node - The dependency node being visited, must not be null.

Returns:

true to visit child nodes of the specified node as well, false to skip children.

visitLeave

boolean visitLeave(DependencyNode node)

Notifies the visitor of a node visit after its children have been processed. Note that this method is always invoked regardless whether any children have actually been visited.

Parameters:

node - The dependency node being visited, must not be null.

Returns:

true to visit siblings nodes of the specified node as well, false to skip siblings.